Paul Nizon: Der Nagel im Kopf

Paul Nizon: Der Nagel im Kopf

90 mins | Documentary | Jan. 22, 2020

The film tells of the radical life-search by the Swiss writer Paul Nizon, born 1929 in Bern, Switzerland, who became what “he was meant to be” in Paris. Now 90-year-old, Paul Nizon grants insights into his life and work in a self-ironic, direct manner. The intimate portrait of a great literary outsider emerges, for whom the risk of life and the risk of writing merge into one and the same work of art.

Paul Nizon: Der Nagel im Kopf

90 mins | Documentary | Jan. 22, 2020

Paul Nizon: Der Nagel im Kopf
The film tells of the radical life-search by the Swiss writer Paul Nizon, born 1929 in Bern, Switzerland, who became what “he was meant to be” in Paris. Now 90-year-old, Paul Nizon grants insights into his life and work in a self-ironic, direct manner. The intimate portrait of a great literary outsider emerges, for whom the risk of life and the risk of writing merge into one and the same work of art.
Producers Ventura Film, SRG SSR, RSI
Original title Paul Nizon: Der Nagel im Kopf
Directors Christoph Kühn
Writers Christoph Kühn

Cast

Paul Nizon

as Himself