the hour of living
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          • dan absalom (ivor)
            • pepe belmonte (the singer)
              • adam berzsenyi bellaagh (codirector)
                • gregor brändli (director of photography)
                  • sam fordham (theo)
                    • gary grant (harry)
                      • charlotte heinimann (gabrielle)
                        • georg isenmann (production manager swiss unit)
                          • livia krummenacher (production assistant swiss unit)
                            • sebastian michael (writer, director, producer & george)
                              • jay ramirez (continuity & styling)
                                • moritz anselm schermbach (camera assistant)
                                  • christoph schwegler (werner)
                                    • andrea spolarics (eva)
                                      • pascal verdosci (coproducer)
                                        • david wade (conrad)
                                          • geoff widdowson (sound)
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                                          locations

                                          the hour of living was shot entirely on location, mostly just as we found each one of them.

                                          the first two weeks of our month-long shoot we spent in safiental, a rugged and remote mountain valley in the swiss canton of graubünden.  we then shot a few scenes in basel and zürich before detouring via the pretty coastal village of polperro in cornwall on our way to london.  a tiny core team then finally met up with our hungarian unit in budapest for one crucial scene.

                                          our thanks go to everyone who has helped us by allowing us to use their homes and places of work for the making of our film.



                                          safiental
                                          graubünden, schweiz

                                          where george thinks that time passes come what may
                                           
                                           

                                          zürich
                                          schweiz

                                          where theo is told not to be a sausage
                                           
                                           

                                          basel
                                          schweiz

                                          where theo gets taken out for a sausage
                                           
                                           

                                          polperro
                                          cornwall, great britain

                                          where jamie's story ends and theo's story begins
                                           
                                           

                                          london
                                          england, great britain

                                          where theo and conrad consider adopting an ant, where harry sends theo on a quest and where there is unfinished business as well as business that is yet to commence
                                           
                                           

                                          budapest
                                          magyarország

                                          where eva lives in an old house - a tall house! - and gets a phone call while 'cooking'...




                                          banner image from our footage, shot on location in cornwall, great britain
                                          an optimist film by sebastian michael
                                          ©2012