RACLETTE KIRGHIZ

by Sandra Hebler
23’, Switzerland, 2010
Italian premiere
The Kirghiz, a nomadic population of the steppe, does not know the art of making cheese. During a trip to Kirghizistan, a Swiss woman perceives the shepherds’ desire to learn. On her return to Switzerland, she founds an association to meet this request. She hires Marlène Galletti, a mountain guide and cheese maker, to go there and teach what she knows. Here we see Marlène climb up 2800 metres to the meadows of Kirghizistan, in the Tian Cian mountain range, to transform milk into cheese under a yurt.
 

	Sandra Hebler Sandra Hebler, a Swiss and French national, was born in Geneva. She earned a diploma from the Ecole Supérieure d’Art Visuel in Geneva, with a specialization in art history. Since 2000 she has worked for Télévision Suisse Romande as a director and assistant to the director on documentary films and for various magazines.