(5 x 43 min or 5 x 52 min.) We first took
part in this five-part documentary series way back in 2009, when we translated
an early treatment for ma.ja.de. And then,
as normal in the biz, that was that. We only recently found out that the series
actually got produced as a German-Italian co-production with Stefilm.
The description of the series, as found
both on the website of ma.ja.de and of the distributor of the series, Deckert Distribution: "In Life
Above the Clouds, five locations on the European continent are presented where
humans have managed, through perseverance and in a most impressive manner, to
establish themselves 'above the clouds' despite all temptations of a simpler
life further down below. They are one and all an exceptional phenomenon,
for in many places, life at this altitude is threatened by extinction. New EU
directives make the traditional forms of cultivation of many remote locations
impossible, while the new, younger generations dream and desire to take part in
the new globalised world of mobile phones and Internet. Likewise, the regional
administrations and other institutions no longer concern themselves with some
of the distant locations, thus making them uninhabitable. The series not
only presents visually stunning and often extreme lifestyles found somewhere
between heaven and earth, but also tells of the remnants of an ancient world
that is soon to become part of the past."
The authors/directors and their respective
episodes are as follows: Titus Faschina, (part 1)
A Fairy-Tale Valley in the Carpathian Mountains; Carmen Butta and Anuschka
Seifert, (part 2) A Monastery in the Pyrenees; Andreas Pichler,
(part 3) A Mountain Farmer in South Tyrol; Nikos Dayandas and
Stelios Apostolopoulos,
(part 4) In the White Mountains of Crete; and Reinhard
Kungel, (part 5) In the Hardangerfjord of Norway.
The only trailer to the series that we
could find online is the super-mini arte
spot above. Carles Mestres,
however, the cinematographer of Carmen Butta and Anuschka Seifert’s
A Monastery in the Pyrenees (part 2 of the series), put that entire episode
online (non-embeddable and in Italian) here.
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