Winter Silence ( Winterstilte )

Winter Silence (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Winterstilte
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
70 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Sonja Wyss

Written By:
Sonja Wyss

Actors:
Gerda Zangger ..... Widow
Sandra Utzinger ..... Daughter
Brigitta Weber ..... Daughter
Katalin Liptak ..... Daughter
Sarah Bühlmann ..... Daughter
Claude Imahorn ..... Kissing deermen
Werner Imhoff ..... Father
Eleonore Jensch ..... Young girl
Tobias Perren ..... Jester
Alwin Sarbach ..... Kissing Deermen

Synopsis:

A man, a woman and their four daughters live in a log cabin in a snowed-in village that lies jammed between high rocky mountains. The catholic belief and strong belief in sagas has a great influence on their daily lives. After an accident whereby the man dies, the woman and their adult daughters are left behind in mourning. At that moment the atmosphere of the film becomes dreamy. A sort of winter sleep. Deermen appear. They are figures who determine the duration of the mourning period. The widow wants to be remarried for quite some time, because a life in the mountains is too difficult for a woman alone with four daughters. The deermen have no intention to end the mourning period, as they have a secret affair with her daughters. And as soon as they would 'release' the widow, would the daughters be allowed to marry. Separate from the other characters is an 11 year old girl. She symbolizes innocence. The girl lies asleep in a simple room. A snow owl sits in the open window and looks into the room. The owl symbolizes the witness, who sees and knows everything, but says nothing, and at the same time symbolizes femininity. In another scene the girl stands in a valley between the snow covered mountain tops. She stands still and holds her hands open. The skies slowly fills with birds, which take off out of her hands, while we hear a song, sung by a soprano voice. The song is about a girl that is tormented by her conscience because she had given a boy a kiss. In another room of the log cabin, the four daughters are embroidering a table cloth together, which is meant for the trousseau. They each embroider a deer and the embroidering is done in a synchronized rhythm. Later they sit next to each other at the edge of a bed and whisper and giggle with each other, while they roll eggs with their bare feet. They do this in such a way which can not be distinguished from another daily routine. Their mother, the widow, looks detached out of a window at the night and moon sky. She sees a group of men in long black clothes with hoods. Each carries an antler on his head. The deermen walk by her house and further into the mountains. She thinks about her wedding, far in the past. At the end everything appears to have been resolved. After the long winter sleep, the first sun rays reach the village. The mythical figures have gone, only the antlers lie in the beds of the daughters. The four daughters stand on top of a mountain, above the misty lake and sing. The mother is outside and looks at the mountains. She bends over, carefully brushes the top layer of snow away. Snowdrops appear. She smiles.

A man, a woman and their four daughters live in a log cabin in a snowbound mountain village. Their strong Catholic faith and belief in superstition have great influence on their daily
lives. After an accident kills the man, the woman and their adult daughters are left behind to mourn. Deer men appear; figures who determine the duration of the mourning period. This mourning period seems to continue for years. The widow wants to remarry, because life in the mountains is too difficult for a woman alone. But the deer men have no intention of ending her mourning period, as they are having secret affairs with her daughters. If they were to "release" the widow, her daughters would be allowed to marry. After the long winter sleep, the first sunrays reach the village. The mythical figures have gone; only the antlers lie in the daughters beds.

A widow and her four daughters, tormented by years of mourning encounter mysterious deer-men who change their existence.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 18 April, 2010.

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