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Karma Shadub Switzerland 2013 – 94min.

Name: Karma Shadub
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013
Duration: 94
Rating: 2.3
Cast: Paul Giger

Review by Cineman 4.0

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Short description

Paul Giger wanted his son Ramon to make a documentary about the performance of his work «Karma Shadub» in the cathedral in St. Gallen (Summer 2011). Karma Shadub (Tibetan for “dancing star”) was composed for Ramon’s birth 30 years prior and is one of his five first names. From the beginning, the emotional conflict between the two is palpable: the father is shocked by the idea that his son would include himself in the film and advises him to send the script to a disability insurance company! The son, who thinks his father isn’t interested in other people’s feelings, does everything he can to interact with his father. The obstinacy of one is equivalent to the resistance of the other...