In BEATOCELLO's UMBRELLA, award-winning director Georges Gachot tells the story of Beat Richner&emdash;pediatric M.D. author, illustrator and concert cellist; from his coming-of-age in Switzerland, to his street performances as a young medical student in the persona of the clown Beatocello; to his founding of five children's hospitals in today's Cambodia. Revered as a national hero, Richner's Herculean efforts have saved the lives of millions of Cambodia's children over the past 20 years, some who have grown up to serve as doctors in his state-of- the-art pediatric hospitals. Now at 64 , Richner continues to practice medicine and travel the world concertizing and singing about his protective red umbrella, which has come to symbolize the health and hope he brought to a grateful nation. Unlike many of his contemporaries who held utopian world views, Beat Richner is one of the few who worked to made his vision a reality.
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Georges Gachot Director
Budget $400K · United States release December 13, 2013 · Produced in Switzerland
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$400,000
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Georges Gachot
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Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft (SRG)
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Switzerland
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Original title
L'ombrello di Beatocello
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English
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English · French · German · Khmer
Release dates
Switzerland · April 20, 2012
Visions du Réel International Film Festival
United States · December 13, 2013
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