The Windmill

A playful, thoughtful ramble that blurs documentary and fiction, asking what windmills mean now—more charmed than challenged.

Directed by

Michel Soutter

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Michel Schopfer, Arié Dzierlatka, Jean-Luc Bideau

Overview

In preparation for a feature-length film about windmills, an assistant director travels through the Vaud region to search for locations with windmills. The research leads to a serious engagement with the meaning and purpose of windmills, which has something Don Quixote-like about it in the age of nuclear power stations. The transitions between document and fiction flow constantly and result in a charming and intellectual mixture of seriousness and fun, determination and coincidence, weightlessness and the weight of meaning.

How it feels

Whimsical, satirical, earnest and light. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Obsession, identity, media, nature

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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