Messies – a balancing act between ingenuity and overload. Are you master of chaos or is chaos master of you? The film A GLORIOUS MESS by Ulrich Grossenbacher offers a multi-faceted insight into the everyday lives of four messies. We embark on a trip through their jam-packed treasure chambers, discover their ingenious inventions, their dangerous tinkering and have a look around in their vast archives. We witness the conflicts the four protagonists Elmira, Karl, Arthur and Thomas have with their relatives, friends, neighbors and institutions that result from their being different. Grossenbacher’s documentary gives an intimate, though never disrespectful insight in an irritating yet fascinating phenomenon.
