
The incredible story of how the mummified corpse of a 40-year-old man was discovered by a hunter in one of the most remote parts of the country. The dead man's detailed notes reveal that he actually committed suicide through self-imposed starvation only the summer before. Liechti's film is a stunning rapprochement of a fictional text, which itself is based upon a true event: a cinematic manifesto for life, challenged by the main character's radical renunciation of life itself.
| Release Date | January 21, 2009 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Das Summen der Insekten | |
| Runtime | 1h 27min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | German | |
| Original Language | German | |
| Production Countries | Switzerland | |
| Production Companies | Peter Liechti FilmproduktionSRF | |