HANS IM GLÜCK - DREI VERSUCHE, DAS RAUCHEN LOSZUWERDEN
Schweiz 2003 – Director: Peter Liechti – Original language: German – Subtitles: English – Length: 88 min.
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.
Finally, among the breathtaking Appenzell mountains, where he experiences a few pleasant moments with people and pigs, for once Liechti feels free of life’s obsessions for the time being...
Lucky Jack is a road movie for pedestrians, dedicated to smokers and all other addicts – and of course to Lucky Jacks everywhere.
English/Original Title: Lucky Jack - Three attempts to stop smoking. Writer: Peter Liechti. Camera: Peter Liechti. Sound: Dieter Lengacher. Editing: Tania Stöcklin. Music: Norbert Möslang, voice crack, Fredy Studer. Production: Liechti Filmproduktion Zürich und SF DRS. Producer: Peter Liechti. International Sales: Liechti Filmproduktion Zürich
