Bergauf, bergab

Par monts et par vaux

Switzerland, January 2008
FILM, Documentary, 101 min.

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directed by
Hans Haldimann
Written by
Hans Haldimann
Status
In distribution

The Kempf family lives on three different farms at different altitudes in the Schächen Valley in the Canton of URI. ten times a year they move from farm to farm with their livestock: up the mountain in the spring, down to the valley in autumn – and then up again in winter to farm their called “Pfaffen”, at an altitude of 1725 meters above sea level. This is where they feed their livestock the hav they have collected from the steep alpine slopes during the summer. The film is an intimate portrait of a family, with who the farmer's grandparents and his sister also live. Over the course of the year, the film director and the family developed a close relationship, close enough to render visible the problems of modern times in conjunction with this archaic lifestyle, problems which the farmers refuse to let get them down.

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World Premiere
January 2008
Original Version
Swiss-German (german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 101 min.
Production
Haldimann Filmproduktion
Producer
Hans Haldimann, Adrienne Theimer
directed by
Hans Haldimann
Written by
Hans Haldimann
Cinemato­graphy
Hans Haldimann
Editing
Mirjam Krakenberger
Re-Recording Mix
Christian Beusch
Music
Pascal Schaer
Location Sound Mix
Hans Haldimann, Ingrid Städeli, Dieter Meyer

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Haldimann Filmproduktion

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Switzerland
Xenix Filmdistribution GmbH Distribution

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