The Strange Sound Of Happiness / Lo Strano Suono Della Felicità

After years drifting, Diego returns to Sicily. His dream of becoming a musician has not worked out. He has no job and no plans for the future but the sound of an ancient musical instrument, the mouth harp, points the way. From the torrid coasts of Sicily, Diego journeys to the frozen flatlands of Yakutia in Siberia where he becomes part of a prophecy from a century ago. The “sound of happiness” is at last there.

Trailer

THE STRANGE SOUND OF HAPPINESS, trailer from Deckert Distribution GmbH on Vimeo.

Details

Country of Production
Italy, Germany

Year of Production
2017

Format
HD, DCP

Length
90 min

Director
Diego Pascal Panarello

Production
Stefilm in co-production with Kick Film in collaboration with ARTE in association with YLE

Original Language
Italian, English, Sakha, Russian

Subtitles
English

Festivals / Awards

DOK Leipzig 2017 (Honorable Mention Next Masters Competition)
Bergamo Film Meeting 2018
cph:dox Copenhagen 2018
Hot Docs Toronto 2018
DocAviv IDF Tel Aviv 2018
Terra di Siena FF 2018 (Critics' Award)
In-Edit Music Documentary FF Barcelona 2018 (Honorable Mention Int'l Competition)
Guelph IFF 2018
Kassel IFF 2018