Winna - way of the souls

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Movie
Original title Winna - way of the souls
Country of production Switzerland
original language Swiss German
Publishing year 2014
length 83 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Fabienne Mathier
script Fabienne Mathier,
Christian Glenz ,
Tom Keller
production Fabienne Mathier,
Tom Keller,
Norma Giannetta
music Pascal Grütter
camera Tom Keller
cut Fabienne Mathier
occupation
  • Rainer Brigger
  • Ignaz Bellwald
  • Mathilde Burgener
  • Xaveria Furrer
  • Lina Heinzmann
  • Conny Giammarresi
  • Martin Nellen, Maria Salzmann
  • Karl Studer
  • Silwina Studer
  • Sarina Zimmermann
  • Andreas Weissen

Winna - Weg der Seelen is a Swiss documentary film by the director Fabienne Mathier from 2014 . The film is about sagas and myths from the Valais .

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Winna - Weg der Seelen is a film about a piece of original, mysterious, fascinating Valais, about sagas and myths about wanderings of souls and about people who have met the deceased. This old and hidden knowledge is being forgotten more and more. With the film, an important contemporary document was created. The old traditions are tracked down, storytellers and collectors have their say. We hike with you on the Gratzugnacht on the Aletsch Glacier and accompany people with contacts to the afterlife.

production

The film was produced in two years by Fabienne Mathier, 24frames GmbH and Norma Giannetta. The shooting took place in 2013 in the Valais mountain regions of Brig , Kippel , Leuk , Naters , Riederalp , Fiescheralp , Ritzingen , Staldenried and Visperterminen . Nine protagonists were interviewed and three others accompanied on their journey into the world of legends and myths.

The documentary had its premiere on November 8, 2014 at the 9th BergBuchBrig multimedia festival in Brig and was shown in Swiss cinemas from December 4, 2014 to 2017. Thanks to its success in Switzerland, it was also released in theaters in Germany on November 10, 2016. The film has also been available on DVD and as a stream on Amazon and iTunes since 2017 .

Reviews

Reto Baer from Radio SRF 3 Film-Tipp writes: « Winna - Weg der Seelen went better in Valais than the latest The Hunger Games film . After Lucerne and Basel reported sold-out matinee performances, it is now showing for the first time in Zurich this Easter weekend [...] Fabienne Mathier's doc-film [...] is just a little bit scary, actually rather heartwarming and sometimes even funny. "

The news portal 1815.ch reports: “The local film Winna-Weg der Seelen is already the most successful film of 2014 in the Briger Kino Capitol - leaving blockbusters like The Hobbit or The Hunger Games behind. [...] The film is intended to create an important contemporary document. The old traditions are tracked down, storytellers and collectors have their say. "

Bianka Piringer from Kino-Zeit writes: “Mathier's film remains pleasantly neutral, neither swings into esoteric confession nor into pure irony, although the two attitudes sometimes fight for the upper hand, […] In dealing with death and the afterlife, traditional fear appears to meet a new gentle curiosity that feeds on mysticism, sadness, inwardness. For many people, the idea of ​​where the dead person is going is now less important than the confession that “you will live on in our hearts”. »

Michael Meyns from Programmkino.de comes to the conclusion: “Perhaps the most beautiful aspect of Mathier's film is the seriousness with which the director approaches her subject. [...] thanks to the director's neutral, but always sympathetic look, the viewer has no choice but to take the stories and their narrators seriously instead of dismissing them as 'crank' or 'wonderful'. […] Fabienne Mathier's film ‹Winna - Weg der Seelen› definitely provides a glimpse into an exciting world, into an astonishingly lively tradition. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Winna - Path of Souls . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ WINNA - PATH OF SOULS - A DOCUMENTARY BY FABIENNE MATHIER. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Reto Baer: "Winna - Path of Souls" - Anderswelt Wallis. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, April 4, 2015, accessed on October 10, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
  4. ↑ 1815 ch, Walliser Bote: “Winna” is the most successful film of 2014. Accessed on October 10, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Winna - Way of the Souls | Film, trailer, review. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
  6. ↑ programmkino.de: Artistic cinema, films, reviews, art cinema, art house cinema, AG Kino-Gilde. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .