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The Windmill
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The Windmill

Feb 10, 1975
0h 47m
★ 0.0

Overview

In preparation for a feature-length film about windmills, an assistant director travels through the Vaud region to search for locations with windmills. The research leads to a serious engagement with the meaning and purpose of windmills, which has something Don Quixote-like about it in the age of nuclear power stations. The transitions between document and fiction flow constantly and result in a charming and intellectual mixture of seriousness and fun, determination and coincidence, weightlessness and the weight of meaning.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

Michel Schopfer

Self - The Assistant Director

Michel Schopfer

Arié Dzierlatka

Self - The Composer

Arié Dzierlatka

Jean-Luc Bideau

Self - The Actor

Jean-Luc Bideau

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