Hippi Masala. Forever in India (0+)
Switzerland, 2006, colour, 93 min.
Directors: Ulrich Grossenbacher , Damaris Lüthi
Directors: Ulrich Grossenbacher , Damaris Lüthi
From the 1960s onwards, Western hippies travelled to India, seeking an alternative way of life, spiritual enlightenment and experimenting with mind-bending drugs. Local farmers speculated that there must be a drought in the West. Most freaks soon returned home, but some stayed for good. The Italian Cesare, for example, a cave-dwelling yogi, strives for spiritual liberation; Hanspeter from Switzerland spends his days, hashpipe in mouth, on his small farm in the Himalayas. A journey to the roots of calmness.
AWARDS
Berner Film Prize, 2006; Nomination Swiss Film Prize, 2007 for best Documentary Film
Ulrich Grossenbacher
Ulrich Grossenbacher
was born 1958 in Langenthal. In 1975 Basel Art School. Artist and restaurer until 1994. In 1995-96 classes in film history and documentary film at Berne Art School. Freelance cameraman, camera assistant and filmmaker since 1996.
Damaris Lüthi
Damaris Lüthi
was born in 1959 in Brienz. Ph. D. Social Anthropology, specialist in South Asia and Visual Anthropology.
Switzerland, 2006, colour, 93 min.
Directors: Ulrich Grossenbacher , Damaris Lüthi
Directors: Ulrich Grossenbacher , Damaris Lüthi
From the 1960s onwards, Western hippies travelled to India, seeking an alternative way of life, spiritual enlightenment and experimenting with mind-bending drugs. Local farmers speculated that there must be a drought in the West. Most freaks soon returned home, but some stayed for good. The Italian Cesare, for example, a cave-dwelling yogi, strives for spiritual liberation; Hanspeter from Switzerland spends his days, hashpipe in mouth, on his small farm in the Himalayas. A journey to the roots of calmness.
AWARDS
Berner Film Prize, 2006; Nomination Swiss Film Prize, 2007 for best Documentary Film