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Pure Charcoal

Pure Charcoal

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 11, 2018

Runtime

1h 33m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Köhlernächte

Production Companies

Zeitraum Film

Director

Robert Müller

Description

Wearing heavy rubber boots, Fränz Röösli climbs atop his charcoal pile and starts poking holes into what he calls the “Grind” – the “head” or dome of the pile, which reaches four meters above ground. White smoke rises from the holes, curling around the charcoal burner to the whims of the wind before it is carried off into the dark of night. In calm, stunning images, the documentary “Köhlernächte” by Robert Müller draws the viewer into the archaic world of commercial charcoal burning in Switzerland’s Napf region.