Lucky Jack: Three Attempts to Stop Smoking
7.5
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.
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Peter Liechti Director · Tania Stöcklin Editor
First release October 13, 2003 · Produced in Switzerland · Production SRF
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Peter Liechti Filmproduktion
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Original title
Hans im Glück - Drei Versuche, das Rauchen loszuwerden
Original language
German
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German
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Switzerland · October 13, 2003
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Argentina
April 11, 2010 · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Germany
July 11, 2005 · DVD premiere
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