
The Dark Valley(2014)
The Alps, late 19th century. Greider, a mysterious lone rider who claims to be a photographer, arrives at an isolated lumber village, despotically ruled by a family clan, asking for winter accommodation.


“A surreal village noir”
Early one summer morning a young man, with a secret stashed away in a duffel bag, emerges from the forest. In a nearby village he asks around for work, but the farmers, suspicious to the point of hostility, are not very forthcoming. Only when Lucy, the mayor’s unruly daughter, takes a liking to him, does the village change its attitude: he is promptly offered a job as a farmhand and a caravan to live in. As time passes and he is gradually integrated into the community, it emerges that he’s not the only one with a past to hide. Something sinister is lurking under the immaculate surface of this picturesque little world - and it is slowly drawing him in.

Frederick Lau
Jens Fauser

Vicky Krieps
Lucy Loschetter

Gerdy Zint
Nikkel

Pit Bukowski
Marcel

Marco Lorenzini
Jos Gierens
Leo Folschette
Arno Kleyer
Christiane Hoffmann
Irène Schlosser
Martine Kohn
Fernande Loschetter
Irina Blanaru
Irina Kleyer
Sandy Schott
Sandy
Gutland is a drama, mystery, thriller film released in 2018 exploring themes of farm, village, farm worker, trumpet, mysterious stranger. Directed by Govinda Van Maele, it stars Frederick Lau, Vicky Krieps, Gerdy Zint. Early one summer morning a young man, with a secret stashed away in a duffel bag, emerges from the forest. In a nearby village he asks around for work, but the farmers, suspicious to the point of hostility, are not very forthcoming. Only when Lucy, the mayor’s unruly daughter, takes a liking to him, does the village change its attitude: he is promptly offered a job as a farmhand and a caravan to live in. As time passes and he is gradually integrated into the community, it emerges that he’s not the only one with a past to hide. Something sinister is lurking under the immaculate surface of this picturesque little world - and it is slowly drawing him in.
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