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Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts (2015)
Director: Christian Labhart
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Mona Petri
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Artist, anarchist, drop-out, paperless immigrant: Giovanni Segantini was all of this. He created, usually under the open sky, monumental, idealized alpine landscapes. In the course of his lifetime, he climbed ever higher in search of more light, finally dying at 41 in an Engadin alpine hut at 2700m. The film offers insight into his difficult childhood and boyhood, shares his inner processes and crises as a painter, as well as his contradictory dealings with motherly love and eroticism – and ultimately his desperate struggle against death…
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Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts is a critically acclaimed 2015 documentary directed by Christian Labhart that offers insight into the life and work of the Swiss painter Giovanni Segantini. The film explores Segantini's difficult upbringing, his inner creative processes, and his ultimately tragic struggle against death at the young age of 41.
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Fans of insightful documentaries and the creative process will be captivated by the compelling portrait of artist Giovanni Segantini in this visually stunning 2015 film directed by Christian Labhart. Segantini's singular, idealized alpine landscapes and his quest for more light in his work are brought to life through a thoughtful exploration of his unconventional life and inner struggles.