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PINK ELEPHANTS

By Susanne BOHLMANN , Christopher HAWKINS

Documentary - Completed 2018

Marsterclass or Cult, A charismatic coach, dances the line between teaching and brainwashing.

- Year of production
- 2018
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- USA, GERMANY, UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE
- Languages
- ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN
- Budget
- 0.3 - 0.6 M$
- Duration
- 92 mn
- Director(s)
- Susanne BOHLMANN , Christopher HAWKINS
- Cast
- Brian CRANSTON , Brett RATNER
- Producer(s)
- Christopher HAWKINS (Conkertree Film ), Menno DÖRING
- Synopsis
- What's the price of happiness? In the masterclass of the "Pink Elephants" we get some answers. The class is structured to be a pressure cooker. The leader, Bernard Hiller takes the willing on a high intensity shortcut through life. In his sessions, which take place all over Europe and the USA, he makes the aspiring actors dance, crawl, cry, grovel and grow. He demands they talk about their fear; their barriers. The Hollywood acting- & life-coach takes them to their physical and emotional limits. For many a euphoric cleansing but for some it’s cynical shock therapy. “Pink Elephants” follows very different people making their way through the workshops, documents their highs and lows and questions Hiller´s unconventional methods, somewhat reminiscent of a sect. This journey passes through conflicting truths and perceptions of happiness, manipulation and success.
  
  In the end you’ll have to make up your own mind.