“Anderntags hat man sofort getauft, weil jede Mutter lieber ein «Gotteskindli» auf die Arme nahm.” Wir Bergler in den Bergen sind eigentlich nicht schuld, daß wir da sind [We Who Dwell in the Mountains Cannot Be Blamed for Being There] (Fredi M. Murer, 1974)
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A mountain man smokes his pipe, accompanied by a sow and a toddler in a wooden playpen. The Alps are all around them (via). DP: Iwan P. Schumacher.
A movie set in the woods or mountains*
– Gisler-Arnold Babette, midwife (via)
Murer describes the people from Switzerland's gorges in three movements, along the lines of a symphony
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for November is, again, not date-based, but follows a sloppy schmaltzy all-American Thanksgiving-y narrative. Trying to make it work my way.