A Peasant Chronicle in Gruy�re
Chronique paysanne en Gruyère
Switzerland 1990. 16mm/Beta/VHS, colour, 100 min.
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The shooting of this peasant chronicle in the Gruyere region lasted a whole year, from July 1989 to July 1990. A year of work and festivities in the family of Conrad and Louise Bapst, their children and grandchildren who live in La Roche (canton of Fribourg). In summer, part of the family goes up with the herd to the upper pastures, and for the next 3 months, will move 6 times, as the grass for the cows grows in higher and higher places. Down at the farm, the rest of the family mows the hay, the after crop, tends the vegetable garden...Then come the fall and winter chores, feast-days, the sale of cheeses, the votes for or against the Swiss Army, the meetings to discuss whether to join or not the European Union. A patient and human approach of an almost silent minority of Switzerland.
| Director | Jacqueline Veuve |
| Script | Jacqueline Veuve |
| Photography | Hugues Ryffel |
| Sound | Pierre-André Luthy |
| Editing | Edwige Ochsenbein |
| Duration | 100 min. |
| Format | 16mm/Beta/VHS, colour |
| Versions | français; ST: english, deutsch |
| Sales DVD/Video | DVD, VHS [order |
| Festivals/Prizes | Quality award (Swiss Federal Office of Culture). Prix Central Film Soleure, 1991; Leipzig; Honor Prize, Munich Festival, April 1991, Chicago International Gold Hugo Award, October 1991. Shown abroad by Pro Helvetia. |
| Production | Aquarius, JMH Production |
| World Rights | Aquarius Film Production |
| Distribution Switzerland | Aquarius Film Production, CH-1808 Les Monts-de-Corsier Tél. +41 21 921 18 20 – Fax +41 21 921 78 31 E-mail: info@jacquelineveuve.com – send a message |
| Distribution international | France: Documentaires sur grand écran 52, Av. de Flandre F-75019 Paris tél.0140380400 Visionnement: Bibliothèques publiques, cf. www.culture.gouv.fr |
