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Film Info

Switzerland 2020 | 82 min. Director: Aldo Gugolz
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World Sales

First Hand Films
Neunbrunnenstrasse 50
8050 Zürich Phone +41 44 3122060 https://www.firsthandfilms.com

Co-Production Company

revolumenfilm
Bruchmattrain 11
CH 6003 Luzern

Categories

Documentary

Cows on the Roof

Theatrical Release November 29, 2020

Synopsis

Fabiano has a simple dream: making goat cheese in an alpine hut located in the mountains an isolated valley in the mountains of southern Switzerland. That's the way his hippie parents used to live and that is also his dream. A dream shared by Eva, his wife, who will soon be a mother. But times have changed and the harsh reality of the global economy transforms his alpine utopia into an ordeal. Furthermore, Fabiano is haunted by nightmares and guilt feelings. He thinks he is responsible for the death of an undocumented Macedonian worker. Torn by all these conflicting feelings, Fabiano can barely keep up with his debts that are piling up. Aldo Gugolz directs an extremely fine-tuned film about what it means today to try to live according to one's own ideals. Cows on the Roof is a critical rethinking of the traditional Heimat documentary (and feature film) that dares to show a different reality of a country struggling between its official imagery and the harsh realities of a global economy. Pushed forward by an unrelenting dramatic pace and extremely precise editing, Cows on the Roof asks serious questions that need to be answered.

Cast & Crew

Festivals/awards

2020
Prix du Jury — Visions du Réel, Nyon
Visions du Réel On tour
Zuger Filmtage
Solothurner Filmtage
Peloponnisos International documentary Festival
Innerschweizer Filmpreis

2021
FünfSeenFilmfestival

World Sales

First Hand Films
Neunbrunnenstrasse 50
8050 Zürich Phone +41 44 3122060 https://www.firsthandfilms.com

Co-Production Company

revolumenfilm
Bruchmattrain 11
CH 6003 Luzern

Cast & Crew

Aldo Gugolz (revolumenfilm)
 Nicola Bernasconi, Christina Caruso, Aldo Gugolz (revolumenfilm)
 Susanne Schüle
 Samir Samperisi
 Rico Andriolo, Vittorio Castellano
 Luca Concedo
 Luca Pietro Congedo

Categories

Documentary
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