Hippie Masala
2006 Swiss film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hippie Masala: Für immer in Indien (titled Hippie Masala: Forever in India in English) is a 2006 Swiss documentary film directed by filmmaker Ulrich Grossenbacher and anthropologist Damaris Lüthi.
Hippie Masala | |
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Directed by | Ulrich Grossenbacher Damaris Lüthi |
Written by | Damaris Lüthi |
Produced by | Fair & Ugly |
Cinematography | Ulrich Grossenbacher |
Edited by | Maya Schmid |
Music by | Matthias Gmünder Sahlil Shankar |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | Switzerland |
Languages | Swiss German, with English, Hindi, and Kannada |
In 2007, the film was one of five nominated for "Best Documentary" in the Swiss Film Prize, though the prize was taken by Das kurze Leben des José Antonio Gutierrez.[1]
The film focuses on the aftermath of the hippie migration to Asia, specifically documenting the lives of six hippies who chose to remain in India: Cesare from Italy, Erica and Gillian from South Africa, Hanspeter from Switzerland, Meera from Belgium and Robert from the Netherlands.[2] No longer in their 20s, they are leading the lives of a traditional yogi and a female meditator in retreat, a painter with a local wife and children, designers of beach clothing in Goa, and a farmer who hunts and cares for his cows in the Himalayas.