简介：There’ssnowonthegroundandshepherdsCaroleandPascalareheadingthroughFrench-speakingSwitzerlandwiththreedonkeys,fourdogsand800sheep.Skirtingmainroads,railwaytracks,suburbanhouses,andindustrialestates,movingoverfieldsandthroughforests.Theymeetlocalpeople,thefarmerstheyarefriendswith,aswellasthoseunwillingtoletthesheepcrosstheirpastures.Theysleepintheopenair,warmthemselvesbythefireandwashinstreams. Thisiswhatitcanlooklikewhennaturemeetsculture:asheepontheverandaofaterracedhouse.Amealofoystersaroundawintercampfire.Ahugeherdofsheepbyanoisymotorwayorhousingestate.Combiningitsbeautifullyphotographedimageswithakeenearforsound,thefilmplacesthealmostobsoleteseemingprofessionandlifestyleoftheshepherdwithinachangingenvironment.Theshepherds’exertions,hardworkandsilentcontentment,theanimals’gazes,bodiesandmovements,thebreeder’sbusinessconcernsandthereactionsofpassers-bystandsidebyside,allowingaportraittoemergewhichdepartsfromthemythoftheshepherd’sidyllicexistencewithoutdevaluingitintheprocess.…