Reviews

"Gripping… Christoph Kühn follows in his gripping documentary the trail of Bruno Manser: In the jungle, he meets Manser's friends from the Penan tribe, has passages from his diaries read, and uses extracts from archive film. A fascinating and multi-facetted portrait."
Tages-Anzeiger / züritipp

"A moving documentary … at the same time disturbing and beautiful."
Der Bund

"Intense, exciting and unsentimental "
Sonntagszeitung

"In his film about Bruno Manser, Christoph Kühn takes us right into the lush undergrowth of the rain forest. He succeeds in creating a very personal portrait, a sensitive cinematic approach to the person Bruno Manser."
Filmbulletin

"BRUNO MANSER – LAKI PENAN is not just an adventurous travel film but also a fascinating portrait of a man whose life was determined by his love of nature and his unrestrained will to protect it." 
Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich

"An unobtrusive, restrained, respectful portrait and at the same time, an appeal against the continued destruction of the rain forest... Thanks to the impressive wealth of archive material, director Christoph Kühn succeeds brilliantly in showing the absent protagonist from the most varied perspectives." 
Filmjahrbuch CINEMA

"… Kühn travelled into the jungle, collected memories from Manser's rain-forest family, shows the wounds of the deforestation from the air. Manser's diaries with charming drawings illustrate the sacred seriousness, the tape-recordings to his family the deep fragility. The everyday Swiss office worker leaves the cinema silent."
NZZ am Sonntag

"A deeply sensitive glimpse of a lost paradise.... Tense to the last minute – and (the film) leaves be-hind the impression, that our planet would be well served by a few more people like Manser."
Die Südostschweiz

"… And still the film is highly entertaining as the portrayed Penan have a dry sense of humour. When they relate how Manser tricked the Police or how he caught a huge python, their dark eyes show a roguish twinkle."
TVStar

"Following the diary, film and tape recording evidence of Basler Bruno Manser who disappeared in 2000, Christoph Kühn travels into the Borneo jungle, to the Penan – the tribe with whom Manser lived from 1984 to 1990 and for whose environment he fought. The portrait is intense, exciting and unsentimental." (3 points of 4)
Sonntagszeitung

".. Here Manser appears as a sensitive observer of his world – and as an enthusiastic adventurer. He enjoys the encounter with a huge snake, with which he – for fun – carries out a boxing match. Thanks to scenes like this, the film has a lighter side. The destiny of the Penan, as well as the still unexplained disappearance of Bruno Manser, cannot be forgotten."
Bündner Tagblatt

"Manser's jungle journey … is presented in Christoph Kühn's film as an entirely personal matter, quite outside the realm of alternative trends and fashions. What is particularly impressive is how Manser's extreme dedication never becomes an obsession."
Aargauer Tagblatt

"The film by Christoph Kühn illustrates an impressive portrait of the rain-forest defender."
Anzeiger Fricktal

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