A Bicycle Trip
Basel, 19 April 1943. Dr Albert Hofmann, a chemist, is cycling home after a day’s work in the laboratory. This episode has passed into legend, associated with the discovery of the effects on the human psyche of LSD.
A Bicycle Trip is the amazing short film by Lorenzo Veracini, Nandini Nambiar and Marco Avoletta, three students of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.
Sound Design: Thomas Giorgi. Music: O’zittre nicht mein lieber sohn from W.A.Mozart’s The Magic Flute, re-elaborated by Roberto Boarini.
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