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  • 2013
  • Cinema Delicatessen
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2013
  • Cinema Delicatessen
  • 1 h 30 m
Winter Nomads

Summary Carole and Pascal embark on their winter transhumance with three donkeys, four dogs and eight hundred sheep, braving the cold and the snow, 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 anima...

Directed By: Manuel von Stürler

Written By: Claude Muret, Manuel von Stürler

  • 2013
  • Cinema Delicatessen
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2013
  • Cinema Delicatessen
  • 1 h 30 m

Winter Nomads

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary Carole and Pascal embark on their winter transhumance with three donkeys, four dogs and eight hundred sheep, braving the cold and the snow, 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 anima...

Directed By: Manuel von Stürler

Written By: Claude Muret, Manuel von Stürler

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90
Sep 26, 2013
An 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.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 24, 2013
Von Stuerler’s debut showcases nature, but its real theme is its subjects’ engagement with their work.
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80
Sep 24, 2013
Von Stürler offers raw footage of the four-month trek itself, which is often mesmerizing in its austere beauty; there's no narration, intertitles, or any other authorial hand-holding to trump up the message the images already convey on their own.
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Sep 26, 2013
What 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.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 24, 2013
An unassuming and suitably gentle-paced charmer.
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Production Company Louise Productions, Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), SRG - SSR, ARTE
Release Date Sep 27, 2013
Duration 1 h 30 m
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Website http://icarusfilms.com/new2014/wn.html
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Awards

Swiss Film Prize
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Camerimage
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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