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Unplugged: Leben Guaia Guaia

Deutschland 2011/2012 Dokumentarfilm

Documentary about two men in their early twenties and their unconventional way of life:

The two street musicians from Berlin have already been homeless for three years – by choice. Under the moniker "Guaia, Guaia", Luis and Elias travel through Germany, taking all their belongings along in two garbage cans. Their illegal concerts not only attract numerous fans, but also regularly the authorities. The resourceful survivalists sleep in railway cars, break open dumpsters to find clothing and get their food from the supermarket trash.

Driven by an unconditional love for music and their desire for freedom, they live their dream on the fringes of society, apart from its regulations and its materialism. Fittingly, a lyric from their CD "Eine Revolution ist zu wenig" (A Revoultion Is Not Enough) roughly translates as follows:

"You just want everything, therefore you get nothing, I cling to my boys, you only cling to your possessions. . [...] The sun rises, the world ends. I sleep on the beach, witness a wonder. I can't win more".

 

Credits

Director

  • Sobo Swobodnik

Screenplay

  • Sobo Swobodnik (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Bernhard Kübel
  • Lars Lenski
  • Jakob Wassermann

Editing

  • Stefanie Kosik-Wartenberg

Music

  • Guaia Guaia

Production company

  • Filmbüro una cum (Berlin)

Producer

  • Jens Scherer
  • Sobo Swobodnik

Alle Credits

Director

  • Sobo Swobodnik

Screenplay

  • Sobo Swobodnik (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Bernhard Kübel
  • Lars Lenski
  • Jakob Wassermann

Assistant camera

  • Schokofeh Kamiz

Editing

  • Stefanie Kosik-Wartenberg

Sound design

  • Helen Neikes

Sound

  • Tobias Hametner

Audio mixing

  • Tobias Hametner

Music

  • Guaia Guaia

Production company

  • Filmbüro una cum (Berlin)

Producer

  • Jens Scherer
  • Sobo Swobodnik

Original distributor

  • W-film (Köln)

Funding

  • Kulturelle Filmförderung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Schwerin)
  • Film- und Medien Stiftung NRW (Düsseldorf)
  • Beauftragte/r der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien - Filmförderung (Berlin)

Shoot

    • Mannheim, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Oberammergau, Warnemünde, Neubrandenburg, Heidelb
Duration:
96 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,78
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 01.03.2013, 137582, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 01.07.2012, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 11.07.2013

Titles

Additional titles
  • Schreibvariante (DE) Unplugged - Leben: Guaia Guaia
  • Originaltitel (DE) Unplugged: Leben Guaia Guaia

Versions

Original

Duration:
96 min
Format:
DCP, 1:1,78
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 01.03.2013, 137582, ohne Altersbeschränkung / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 01.07.2012, München, Filmfest;
Kinostart (DE): 11.07.2013

Awards

Filmfest München 2012
  • Bayern 3 Publikumspreis
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