Cows on the Roof
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.Festivals/Awards
2020Prix du Jury — Visions du Réel, Nyon
Visions du Réel On tour
Zuger Filmtage
Solothurner Filmtage
Peloponnisos International documentary Festival
Innerschweizer Filmpreis
2021
FünfSeenFilmfestival
Cast and Crew
- Director Aldo Gugolz (revolumenfilm)
- Producer Nicola Bernasconi, Christina Caruso, Aldo Gugolz (revolumenfilm)
- Director of Photography Susanne Schüle
- Editor Samir Samperisi
- Sound Rico Andriolo, Vittorio Castellano
- Sound Design Luca Concedo
- Score Luca Pietro Congedo
Original Languages
German
Italian
World Sales Company
First Hand FilmsNeunbrunnenstrasse 50, 8050 Zürich
Phone: +41 44 3122060
stories@firsthandfilms.comhttps://www.firsthandfilms.com
Co-Production Company
revolumenfilmSwitzerland
www.revolumenfilm.com
Links / Reference
vimeo.com/407503028
youtu.be/-MUDIW4aEjo
PRODUCTION
Rough Cat sagl
info@roughcat.ch
www.roughcat.ch/
Revolumen Film
www.revolumenfilm.com/
DISTRIBUTION Swiss
www.firsthandfilms.ch/cows-on-...