"Hoehenfeuer" intimately shows the powerful and sad story of a family in the Swiss alps, living far from the next village, and its deaf son who not only feels trapped in his lack of hearing but also in the narrow-minded context of the family.
Its beautiful camera shows the alps how they really are (or at least were): the old snow, the sleeping trees, the cold, wet air, the hard life.
The film is gnarled like the old trees standing there and looking at what these poor people do, how the story inevitably goes where it has to go.
If you say "drama in the winter alps", I say "Hoehenfeuer" for sure.
Its beautiful camera shows the alps how they really are (or at least were): the old snow, the sleeping trees, the cold, wet air, the hard life.
The film is gnarled like the old trees standing there and looking at what these poor people do, how the story inevitably goes where it has to go.
If you say "drama in the winter alps", I say "Hoehenfeuer" for sure.