Wätterschmöcker
Weather Gazers
Les prophètes du temps
Switzerland, January 2010
FILM,
Documentary,
98 min.
- directed by
- Thomas Horat
- Written by
- Thomas Horat
- Status
- In distribution
In the heartland of Switzerland and particularly in the Muota valley an old tradition is still alive. An old tradition that is under threat of being forgotten by the modern age of satellite pictures and computer generated weather predictions. It is the prophesying of the weather on the basis of in-depth observations of animals and plants, winds and clouds. This film accompanies seven weather prophets, from the Swiss interior, on their surveys of nature through the changes of the seasons. Landscapes, the music of the “Hujässler” and the unadulterated dialect of the locals, enables the viewer to experience a nearly forgotten, archaic world.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2010
- Original Version
- Swiss-German, colour, 35mm, 98 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0001-BDEE-0000-P
- Production
- Settebello Filmproduktion, Mythenfilm, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
- Producer
- Salome Pitschen
- directed by
- Thomas Horat
- Written by
- Thomas Horat
- Cinematography
- Salome Pitschen, Christina Zulauf
- Editing
- Salome Pitschen
- Location Sound Mix
- Thomas Horat
- Sound Editing
- Guido Keller
- Re-Recording Mix
- Guido Keller
- Music
- Hujässler
- Location Sound Mix
- Christof Trutmann, Thomas Gassmann
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Settebello Filmproduktion
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Mythenfilm
Distribution
Release date: tba
Festivals
(a selection)
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Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
21.01.2010 - 28.01.2010 -
Der Neue Heimatfilm
27.08.2008 - 31.08.2008