written produced and directed by

sebastian michael


codirector
adam berzsenyi bellaagh

director of photography
gregor brändli

sound
geoff widdowson

coproducer
pascal verdosci



theo
sam fordham

gabrielle (not danielle!)
charlotte heinimann

conrad
david wade

werner
christoph schwegler

harry
gary grant

ivor
dan absalom

eva
andrea spolarics

george
sebastian michael

and as

the singer
pepe belmonte

with

stranger at the train station - klemens trenkle
small boy with a very large dog - josh pidcock & ella

and as
jamie - geoff widdowson
alison - caroline couret-delègue


edited by sebastian michael
edit consultant claudio cea


sound re-recording mixer
hartmut homolka


styling & continuity jay ramirez
production manager (swiss unit) georg isenmann
production manager (uk unit) juli farkas
production coordinator (budapest unit) andras kovacs
camera assistants
simon denzler & moritz anselm schermbach
production assistant (swiss unit) livia krummenacher
casting assistant alex hammerl
runners (uk unit)
szabina horváth & georgia iacovou
styling assistant (uk unit) jess harvey
styling assistant (budapest unit) szofi boncsér
runner (budapest unit) greta bellaagh

ADR (london) geoff widdowson
ADR (basel) felix graf


gabrielle's jewellery by adrian eric morales

no products have been 'placed' in this film:
any brands on display are those we felt most
congruent with character - we do not endorse,
nor have we accepted sponsorship for,
any of them.



music written and performed by
pepe belmonte

except:

lone pilgrim
written by benjamin franklin white & adger m pace
arranged and performed by pepe belmonte

the space machines
written and performed by
geoff widdowson and the space machines

anonymous & goodbye to all that
written and performed by
virginia macnaughton

duao (b j nilsen remix)
composed by
the cray twins

metrophilia
written and performed by
tim peach and momo:tempo

draw a line
written by yngve wieland
and performed by yngve & the innocent


all tracks used by kind permission of the artists

special optimist thanks to

sylvia blattner at pro safiental
georg joos and grossalp piggamad
andrea pfenninger
roberta sege
lonja schmit and eo ipso
catherine thornborrow and arcola theatre
marie & joe at clapham community project
anna & chris pidcock at penryn house
oliver oguz at mango lounge
esther petsche and unternehmen mitte
christian oeschger at lacie
samuel bohren at SBB 
jacques thurneysen of the leu fähri bim münschter
lea estermann at mobility
michele parisi & robert schroeder at schmaler wurf
susie & simon thornhill at the troubadour
everybody at the edge
laura fitzpatrick & douglas king
dominik denzler
katherine schaad
ruth & dieter frei-koch
the team at clara brocki
everybody at kulturbüro
the friendly basel anarchist collective
beda & christina and all the staff at turrahus
max spielmann at hyperwerk
kai-peter uhlig at werderviganò
matthias ebner
sally bradshaw
frances loy and the team at theatre delicatessen
peter rusch and tonton
detonation films


for appearing in the film:

marco waldburger & timo
ava abduloska
katherine schaad
andré schaad
nicole schaad
dominique schaad
gregor jud
ruth frei-koch
dominik käser
peter jehle
anna & linos trenkle
martin hug
amit panesar
denise auer
liam patrick timothy
ali lane
richard david-caine
zina badran
rob heaps
yvonne martin
iddon jones
daniela stieglitz
amelia newbould



and to our framefunders without whom this film could not be made:

for 


making a minute or more:
anonymous


helping with a half (minute):
ruth & dieter frei-koch


ticking off ten (seconds):
andreas frei


fixing up five (seconds):
schwästrchn
barbara king
walter & margrit frehner
andrew slater
christine brüniger
p.
anonymous


sponsoring a second or several:
moritz behrens
kaija & mätthi ebner
christof m.
sabeth
pascal b.
claudia spahr
alana & juliette
hilary king
richard stemp
jonathan hauser
walter & helga sutter
diana
jascha preuss
michael cabot
norman bowman
tobias gimmel, notary/attorney-at-law, ch-brugg
barbara e ingmar
andreas bischofberger
see you later
ben kron
dagmar schmidt tartagli
bellaaghkati
neffe b
josephine belmonte
nicölchen & gregorius maximus
denise, adrian & tali
eric oetting
kai-peter uhlig
andreas gyger
anonymous X 3


donating a dozen frames:
carole dance
will godfrey 
laurie richards
elizabeth & tony bell
kelly ruth cotter papenfuss
stephen weston
debs pisani
tim hilborne
harriet jolliffe
harry the piano
alec templeton
ette engels
anklin-muehlemann
josie ibell
david + e
auntie a
timm delfs
christopher cotter
graeme burk
tom godfrey
fernando tiberini
tim booth
grace banks
arlene munro
ludger hovestadt
mario guala
anonymous


funding a frame or several:
mehmet ergen
erika caironi
gaz dalal
jeryl burgess
uschy & umberto montanari
doris hausherr
tom yarwood
torben betts
tom whitelock
timo peach
aoife rosenmeyer
charlie booth
donalie halstead
dominic alldis
kevin maynard
philip g roberts
colin & tom
adrian müller
snoo’er
naomi jones
ben hedger
mark bustard
richard david-caine
walter siegrist
adam sandelson
arthur james pugh
joseph elliott
ian hemming
anthony evans
helen m jones
ross mcarthur
artytart
george ashton-jones
andreas backoefer

shot on location in safiental (graubünden), basel and zürich, switzerland
polperro (cornwall) and london, great britain
and
budapest, hungary



an optimist film by sebastian michael



the hour of living





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