Pascal, 53, and Carole, 28, are shepherds. In the month of November 2010, they embark on their long winter transhumance: four months during which they will have to cover 600 km in the Swiss-French region, accompanied by three donkeys, four dogs and a eight hundred sheep. An exceptional adventure is about to begin: they brave the cold and the bad weather day in day out, with a canvas cover and animal skins as their only shelter at night. This saga reveals a tough and exacting ... (Full plot summary below)
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Pascal, 53, and Carole, 28, are shepherds. In the month of November 2010, they embark on their long winter transhumance: four months during which they will have to cover 600 km in the Swiss-French region, accompanied by three donkeys, four dogs and a eight hundred sheep. An exceptional adventure is about to begin: they brave the cold and the bad weather day in day out, with a canvas cover and animal skins as their only shelter at night. This saga reveals a tough and exacting profession requiring constant improvisation and unflinching attention to nature, the animals and the cosmos.
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| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferRiveting and transfixing. Most likely the closest you'll ever come to meeting a shepherd and grasping what it's like to be one. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenAn exhilarating vérité work by first-timer Manuel von Stürler, the documentary follows this seasonal migration, or transhumance, with a sense of quiet awe and intimacy, capturing the feel of cold rain, deep snow and the comforting heat of a campfire. |
| New York TimesNicolas RapoldWhat little we learn of Pascal, who has worked in Switzerland as a shepherd for more than 30 years, and Carole, who is a former dietitian, fits in a scene or two, but their practical journey yields a certain contemplative equanimity. |
| User ReviewTodd GSubtle and wonderous Swiss documentary, following a pair of shepherds as they lead their 800 sheep through valleys during winter. You are there, following them through four months. Told without interviews, narration and barely any expositional conversations, the camera just becomes another one of the flock. We walk with the two through snowy meadows and country roads as they look for fields in which to graze their sheep. We smell the campfires at night and share their watchfulness as they sit and watch the sheep graze in the afternoons. Simple, touching, beautiful. People come into the lives of the shepherds briefly, brightening up the setting with moments of shared food and conversation. Perfect for maintaining the right pace and providing contrast to the quiet life of these two. |
