Someone beside you

Edgar Hagen

Along with several courageous psychiatrists and their clients, the author sets out to film a documentary road movie that takes him to Switzerland, Europe, and the U.S. On their travels in mobile homes, they explore the depths of the human psyche in search of answers to the question: What is the human mind and how does it behave in psychotic extreme situations? By the time Edgar Hagen meets the Buddhist monk and trained psychiatrist Edward Podvoll in the U.S., Podvoll has only a few more months to live. His vision – that courage and friendship have the power to make recovery from mental illness possible – is an inspiring legacy. In a dialogue between Western psychology and Eastern spirituality, a message of hope emerges: It is always possible to regain mental clarity no matter how severely confused a mind may have become.

Edgar Hagen

Born in 1958 in Basel. Studied Philosophy and German in Basel and Berlin. Worked as a journalist. 1987-90 Works as theater dramaturge in Berlin, West Germany and Poland. Writes dramatic texts, with focus on dealing with foreigners, author of a number of radio plays. Since 1990 makes documentary films in Germany and Switzerland.

2007 SOMEONE BESIDE YOU
2001 ZEIT DER TITANEN
1998 DOROTHEA BUCK - VOM WAHN ZUM SINN
1996 MARKUS JURA SUISSE - DER VERLORENE SOHN
1994 GEWITTER IM GEHIRN
1993 FAXENMACHER
1991 KLEINE LIEBEN

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Schweizer Kulturperle Film: Die fünf besten Schweizer Filme 2008-08-13
SOMEONE BESIDE YOU von Edgar Hagen am 1. März auf SF1 2008-03-01
SOMEONE BESIDE YOU by Edgar Hagen 2007-12-19
SOMEONE BESIDE YOU le 18 octobre à Lausanne 2007-10-17
Swiss films in Locarno August 11th 2007-08-11

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