Underplayed Gems

The Forest is Like the Mountains (2014)

The Forest is Like the Mountains poster
Original title
Padurea e ca muntele, vezi?
Directed by
Christiane Schmidt, Didier Guillain
Genre
documentary film
Country
Romania, Germany
Runtime
1h 41m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary follows a family and their village community in the Romanian Carpathian mountains through the seasons. It shows their daily survival strategies and small ordinary moments.

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What happens

Der Wald ist wie die Berge ist ein Dokumentarfilm von Christiane Schmidt und Didier Guillain. Durch die Jahreszeiten begleitet der Film eine Familie und ihre Dorfgemeinschaft in den rumänischen Karpaten bei ihren Strategien des Überlebens und den kleinen Wundern des Alltags. Der Wald ist wie die Berge ist die Abschlussarbeit von Christiane Schmidt an der Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München und feierte seine Premiere bei den Internationalen Filmfestspielen Berlin 2014 in der Sektion „Forum“. Am 7. Mai 2015 startete der Film im deutschen Kino, Kinostart in Brüssel war der 18. September 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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