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A Trip to Swadades

  • 2008
  • R
  • 1h 5m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
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A Trip to Swadades (2008)
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Shot on black-and-white super-16mm, A Trip to Swadades tells the story of a 74-year-old ex-professor named Schweitzer Haas who, after many years of living away from Philadelphia, the city wh... Read allShot on black-and-white super-16mm, A Trip to Swadades tells the story of a 74-year-old ex-professor named Schweitzer Haas who, after many years of living away from Philadelphia, the city where he came of age, returns to visit his hermit brother Ezra who has perfected his freakis... Read allShot on black-and-white super-16mm, A Trip to Swadades tells the story of a 74-year-old ex-professor named Schweitzer Haas who, after many years of living away from Philadelphia, the city where he came of age, returns to visit his hermit brother Ezra who has perfected his freakish steel-trap memory. As a result, however, his apartment has become an unlivable and unsan... Read all

  • Director
    • Daniel Kremer
  • Writer
    • Daniel Kremer
  • Stars
    • Robert Swenson
    • Glenn Walsh
    • Stephen Hatzai
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    • Director
      • Daniel Kremer
    • Writer
      • Daniel Kremer
    • Stars
      • Robert Swenson
      • Glenn Walsh
      • Stephen Hatzai
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    Robert Swenson
    • Schweitzer Haas
    Glenn Walsh
    • Ezra Haas
    Stephen Hatzai
    • Claude Schoonover
    Kenneth McGregor
    • Doobie
    Katya Quinn-Judge
    • Woman in the Dream
    William Cully Allen
    • Grocer
    Naoko Masuda
    • The Strange Minstrel
    Matthew Savoca
    • Young Schweitzer
    Gregory Lytle
    • Young Ezra
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      • Daniel Kremer
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      • Daniel Kremer
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    • Trivia
      The title of the original script was 'The Skin Interpreter'. Writer-director Daniel Kremer disliked it and changed the title to A Trip to Swadades when he encountered the Portuguese word "saudades" in reading Jorge Luis Borges. The word "saudades" (meaning "intense longing and nostalgia for a thing of the past"), coincidentally, is production designer Paul Sylbert's favorite word. Sylbert is fluent in the Portuguese language.
    • Quotes

      [repeated line]

      Claude Schoonover: Schweitz'... good old Schweitz'!

    • Crazy credits
      There is no orchestral score, just a man whistling a tune as the opening credits play over archive 8mm footage of the characters' past.
    • Alternate versions
      There also exists a version running 49 minutes. The official festival length screener runs 65 minutes.
    • Connections
      Features L'homme de la rue (1941)
    • Soundtracks
      September Song
      Music by Kurt Weill

      Lyrics by Maxwell Anderson

      Performed by Bob Swenson and Steve Hatzai

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    • Release date
      • May 23, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production companies
      • ConFluence Films
      • Thustlebird Productions
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    • Budget
      • $75,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 5m(65 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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