Farewell my Mountain

The story

Robert Guillet lived its fifty-fourth season on the alp. Victim of speculation, the alpine cheesemaker became a landless peasant.

He has neither field nor cattle to leave to his son Benoît. Shooting for more than a year alongside the Guillet family, Hugh Wurstemberger and Didier Schmutz with “Farewell my Mountain” offer a reflection on the future of the of the Alpine peasants.

Beyond the tragic fate of alpine cheesemaker and his family, a question emerges: is there still a future for mountain farming?

Behind the film

Info

Original Language
French
Subtitles
English / Deutsch / Italiano/Spanish
Format
Vidéo 4/3 Colour / Beta digital
Type & Running time
Documentary 56'
Year of production 2003
Country of production Switzerland

Distribution of the film – public screening / festivals
In Switzerland: Troubadour films distribution
distribution@troubadour-films.com
Worldwide sales: distribution@troubadour-films.com

ISAN 0000-0000-D875-0000-R-0000-0000-U

Production

Directed by
Hugues de Wurstemberger / Didier Schmutz
Produced by
Nasser Bakhti
Production
Troubadour Films - Geneva
Co-production

Télévision Suisse Romande -  Unité de Films Documentaires (TSR)
TSR - Irène Challand / Pierre Biner
ARTE G.E.I.E unité documentaire,
Claudia Bucher
Production Assistant
Muriel Barbey
Production secretary
Inès Abeya

Technical

Camera
Christian Jacquenod,
Hugues de Wurstemberger,
Christophe Hurfer
Sound
Bernard Seidler
Editing
Daniel Gibel
Sound  editing, sound design & Mix
François Wolf
Distribution
Troubadour Films

Festivals & awards

Grand Prize for Best Documentary Film in Grenoble’s ixth Pastoralismes Film Festival France in 2004
Grand Prize for Best Documentary Film in Tbilisi Mountain, Adventure and Extreme Film Festival 2005 in Georgia
Best sound Tbilisi Mountain, Adventure and Extreme Film Festival 2005 in Georgia

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