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Lucky Jack: Three Attempts to Stop Smoking (2003)
Directed by Peter Liechti
Documentary · 1h 30m
After 30 years of chain smoking, Swiss filmmaker Peter Liechti sets out on a journey - three times! - to wean himself off cigarettes. He departs from Zürich and walks to St. Gallen, the place were he grew up und also the place where he started smoking. On his pilgrimage through Switzerland he hopes to find the root of his addiction and waits for a final catharsis to release him. Time and time again though, his sympathy for other smokers and disdain for goody-goody non-smokers gets in the way. And time after time his nicotine addiction gets the best of him. His three attempts to quit by walking it off, turn into an expedition of Liechtis home country. He gives a declaration of independence but also a confession of love to Switzerland.
Crew
- Director
- Peter Liechti
- Director of Photography
- Peter Liechti
- Editor
- Tania Stöcklin
- Producer
- Peter Liechti
Details
- Original title
- Hans im Glück - Drei Versuche, das Rauchen loszuwerden
- Release date
- 2003-10-13
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Switzerland
- Production
- Peter Liechti Filmproduktion, SRF