MENSCHEN HAUTNAH: MY TICS AND ME – LIVING WITH TOURETTE’S SYNDROME

Menschen hautnah: My tics and me – living with Tourette’s syndrome

Felix stands out: he has Tourette’s syndrome and suffers from tics that cause him to twitch and shout uncontrollably. We already accompanied the 23-year-old last year: in our ‘Quarks Doku’ feature, he took us along to his job at Hamburg Airport, and in our ‘Echtes Leben’ film, all the way to Latvia, where he ventured to spend a semester abroad in a completely unfamiliar environment. Now, Anabel Münstermann’s film follows Felix as he takes on his latest challenge: he is cycling almost 2,000 kilometres alone from Hamburg to Rome – provided his tics don’t get in the way.

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Written by: Anabel Münstermann // Directed by: Anabel Münstermann, Oskar Köppen // Camera: Philip Flämig, Harald Schmuck, Sven Kiesche // Sound: Mustafa Abardouch, Mike Glöckner, Thomas Piper, Finn Westphal // Editing: Tim Greiner, Frank Reichert // Colour correction: Dany Schelby // Sound mixing: Florian Ebrecht // Narrator: Rebecca Jung // Production assistants: Karl Hax, Julia Keggenhoff // Producers: Meike Hemschemeier (Längengrad), Renate Werner (WDR) // Production managers: Katja Sträter (Längengrad), Christian Wulf (WDR) // Producers: Sarah Zierul, Thomas Weidenbach // Editor: Angelika Wagner