PRODUCTION STATEMENT

The film TRANQUILLO is addressing a not much talked about social issue through the phenomenon of the tinnitus. More than half a million Swiss people suffer from it. The goal of the story is to visualize this and other connected invisible problems. It's not about telling a story of a victim. The disease is supposed to represent the behaviour of our generation (born 1980-1995). Above all, the invisible and non-negotiable fact that we are all subject to self-realization is emphasized. The film is talking about performing, repression and reflecting on a life worth living for.
TRANQUILLO was made on a micro-budget of €60,000 with a community of filmmakers and friends that worked for free. Half of the budget went into shooting the film and half into post-production which was funded separately only after the shoot. For the production an association was founded for the crew members which held 50% of the rights. The goal was to tell a story by young people for young people.

SYNOPSIS

As a twenty-something youngster Peter is living a routined urban life and organizes parties. He's charming but acts egoistically. A chronic tinnitus is leading to self-destructive impulses, in which he isolates himself, distances himself from friends and ends his relationship. He tries to keep up his known life and fails because of physical and mental boundaries. Suppression and discernment are soon close to one another.

DIRECTOR

Jonathan Jäggi (1993, Zürich) has been a social worker accompanying drug addicts. In 2017 he started to assist Peter Reichenbach at the renowned Swiss film production company C-FILMS. In 2018 he started his studies in film directing at Universidad del Cine Buenos Aires in Argentina.