Winter Nomads

Name: Winter Nomads
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 27, 2013
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 77

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| Release Date: September 27, 2013 | Not Rated

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 animalsCarole 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 animals and the cosmos.… Expand

Director: Manuel von Stürler

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Sheri Linden

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. Read full review

Michael Nordine

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. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Sep 24, 2013

Von Stuerler’s debut showcases nature, but its real theme is its subjects’ engagement with their work. Read full review

Neil Young

Sep 24, 2013

An unassuming and suitably gentle-paced charmer. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

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. Read full review

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