The two chapters, released two years ago under the title While the Green Grass Grows (Grand Prize in the RIDM National Feature Film Competition), are finally given their rightful place in this greatly ambitious and deeply intimate seven-part work. In the style of a free-filmed diary, this work reveals a captivating philosophical and cinematographic exploration. Peter Mettler focuses his camera on a variety of participants, and sometimes turns it on himself, to explore diverse relationships, the human condition, creation, and memory. Sensitive conversations, a meditative approach, and a host of visual and sound experiments combine to chart a surprising journey, both geographically and in overall reflection. An ode to life and a touching tribute to his parents, this epic work is a sensory, poetic, and human experience. (HSB)


