Paul Nizon: Der Nagel im Kopf
2020•1h 30m•Released
Documentary
The film tells of the radical life-search by the Swiss writer Paul Nizon, born 1929 in Bern, Switzerland, who became what “he was meant to be” in Paris. Now 90-year-old, Paul Nizon grants insights into his life and work in a self-ironic, direct manner. The intimate portrait of a great literary outsider emerges, for whom the risk of life and the risk of writing merge into one and the same work of art.
Director
Christoph Kühn
Writer
Christoph Kühn
Languages
French, German
Studio
Ventura Film
Cast
Paul Nizon
Himself
Production
Company
Ventura Film
Company
RSI
Company
SRG SSR
Producer
Andres Pfäffli
Producer
Elda Guidinetti
Producer
Silvana Bezzola Rigolini
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