Lucky Jack: Three Attempts to Stop Smoking
2003•12•1h 30m•9.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Peter Liechti
Languages
German
Studio
Peter Liechti Filmproduktion
Production
Company
Peter Liechti Filmproduktion
Company
SRF
Producer
Peter Liechti
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