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The Children from the Napf (2011)
Fifty children of mountain farmers, six miles of walking to school, a childhood in the heart of Switzerland. We accompany the children early in the morning, plodding through deep snow to the village school, back to the farms in the afternoon, where every child has its chores. At an early age the youngest generation is initiated to the livelihood of mountain farming. The story takes us from farm to farm and introduces us to an isolated, but also sheltered life. Through the eyes of the children we closely experience what it means should a wolf turn up or a hawk get the chickens, and how the children face the inclement whims of the weather.
| Country | Switzerland |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Duration | 87 min |
| Rating | 8 |
| Language | German |
| Subtitle | English, simul. translation cz |
| Directed by | Alice Schmid |
| Screenplay | Alice Schmid |
| Director of Photography | Alice Schmid |
| Music | Daniel Almada |
| Edited by | Caterina Mona |
| Contact | Ciné A.S. GmbH |
Biography
A film director and screenwriter, she studied languages and gained a film education in Bern and New York. Her award-winning works include global stories with child heroes, e.g. Say No (1993), I Killed People (1999) and The Children from the Napf (Die Kinder vom Napf, 2011).
Family, Friendship, Childhood, Nature, Tradition, Documentary