Das Gehörlosendorf
CH 2012 79'
Director: Dieter Gränicher
Script: Dieter Gränicher
Camera: Dieter Gränicher, Hansueli Schenkel
Sound: Dieter Meyer, Florian Eidenbenz
Editing:: Dieter Gränicher
Production:: momenta film GmbH
Pass:Das Gehörlosendorf (D)
540p Gebärdensprache,Schweizerdeutsch,Deutsch ST Deutsch
Pass:Das Gehörlosendorf (E)
540p Sign Language,Schweizerdeutsch,Deutsch ST English
Pass:Das Gehörlosendorf (F)
540p Langage des signes,Schweizerdeutsch,Deutsch ST Français
In Spring of 2011, documentary filmmaker Dieter Gränicher sets out to discover the world of the deaf. For a month he lives in an institutional community for the deaf in Turbenthal in the foothills of Zurich. Accompanying the residents, some with multiple handicaps, he observes their daily life attentively and, as trust grows, with increasing affinity. In these portraits, the film reveals the subtlety and vitality of their sign language, showing how their expressive energy surmounts the limitations of their handicap and touches whomever they meet.