Extraordinary visual experiences and surprising connections create a mosaic that encompasses Switzerland and the Sahel. Continually shifting perspectives, self-evident links between cows and milk, market and progress, are set in motion. The focus is on encounters with and experiences of cattle breeders and dairy farmers in Burkina Faso, Mali and Switzerland who face the challenges of the modern world with tenacity and imagination.
94 Min, 5.1/Stereo, color, 35mm/DVD
Subtitles: German, French, English
| Q Begegnungen auf der Milchstrasse (Encounters on the Milky Way) | |
|---|---|
| Production | Container Film AG |
| Director, producer, script | Juerg Neuenschwander |
| Assistant director | Hamidou Fatoumata Diallo, Mohamed Sadou Diagayété |
| Director of photography | Patrick Lindenmaier, Steff Bossert |
| Sound | Ingrid Städeli, Sandra Blumati |
| Editor | Regina Bärtschi |
| Sound-Design | Peter von Siebenthal |
| Sound mixing | SDS, Hans Künzi |
| Music | Ali Farka Touré, Dinda Sarré, Weltare Douentza, Bazounou |