A humble Swiss choir’s rise to international fame forces them to choose between tradition and the temptations of the stage.
AWARDS: Audience Award. Eberswalde/ Audience Award. Solothurn
OFFICIAL SELECTION: Locarno/ TIFF Tokyo/ DOC NYC/ DMZ Korea/ DOK Leipzig
20 Farmers Hit Fame - From the Alps to the charts, tradition gets tested
In the quiet alpine village of Wiesenberg, a group of singing mountaineers has long kept their traditions alive, yodeling for weddings, rehearsing in their church, and living close to the land.
But everything changes when their recordings unexpectedly soar to the top of the charts and a wave of concert offers threatens their peaceful rhythm. As the group prepares for a high-profile performance in Shanghai, they find themselves caught between two worlds: the sincerity of their community and the sparkle of show business. This heartwarming and humorous documentary explores what happens when global fame knocks on the door of a village that never asked for it.
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