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Samuel in the Clouds (2016)

Samuel in the Clouds poster
Directed by
Pieter Van Eecke
Genre
documentary film
Country
Bolivia, Netherlands, Belgium
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
AL
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An elderly ski lift operator in Bolivia watches the glaciers disappear from the mountains where his family has lived and worked for generations. He continues to pay respect to the mountain spirits even as scientists study the changes and the snow fails to come.

contemplativeslow-pacedatmosphericmelancholicobservationalgentleserenepoignant

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