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Almost There

2016•1h 17m•

★6.3(15 ratings)

Documentary

Overview

Three men embark on a journey in search of meaning and happiness in the autumn of their lives: Bob swaps his safe home for a camper van and tries to find himself in the barren Californian desert; Steve, drag queen and stand-up comedian, is fed up of England and makes amends with his past in Benidorm; Yamada rediscovers his smile by reading stories to children in Tokyo.

Director

Jacqueline Zünd

Writers

Jacqueline Zünd

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Main Cast

Robert Pearson

Self

Steve Phillips

Self

Genji Yamada

Self

Full Crew

Direction

Assistant Director: Beatrice Minger
Assistant Director:

Movies

Documentary

Almost There

2016•1h 17m•

★6.3(15 ratings)

Documentary

Overview

Director

Jacqueline Zünd

Writers

Jacqueline Zünd

Watchlist

Main Cast

Robert Pearson

Self

Steve Phillips

Self

Genji Yamada

Self

Full Crew

Direction

Assistant Director: Beatrice Minger
Assistant Director:

Susanne Steffen

Director: Jacqueline Zünd

Writing

Writer: Jacqueline Zünd

Production

Executive Producer: Patrick M. Müller
Co-Producer: Urs Augstburger
Production Coordinator: Brigitte Zimmermann
Co-Producer: Caroline Kelsch
Production Coordinator: Catherine Muller
Co-Producer: Heike Lettau

Music & Sound

Original Music Composer: Max Avery Lichtenstein
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Guido Keller
Sound Recordist: Andreas Prescher
Sound Recordist: Marco Teufen
Sound Designer: Roland Widmer

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Nikolai von Graevenitz

Editing

Colorist: Timo Inderfurth
Editor: Gion-Reto Killias

Keywords

drag queentokyo, japanreaderbenidorm, spainminivancalifornia desert

Did You Know?

The runtime is 77 minutes (1h 17m).

The film features dialogue in 3 languages: English, French, Japanese.

It was a co-production between: France, Germany, Switzerland.

The film was directed by Jacqueline Zünd.

The screenplay was written by Jacqueline Zünd.

The score was composed by Max Avery Lichtenstein.

Cinematography was handled by Nikolai von Graevenitz.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt6132528.

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