Hadamo

Among the cantons of Bern and Lucerne, in the Entlebuch Valley, a natural reserve in the UNESCO Biosphere, stands Mount Napf. At the foot of this mountain live fifty children. Sons of farmers, each morning they traverse ten kilometres on foot and by bus, but some them also ride the cable cars to get down the mountain to reach their destination in the heart of the mountains. For these children, who have inherited from their parents the temper of lumberjacks and of farmers accustomed to hard work, walking miles through the snow to reach the school is a habit that becomes almost a game, albeit a tiring one. Their voices, in the dim light of dawn, ring across the valleys. In the afternoons, even the young- est return home to work on their farms. The summer is the time for play, and of tree-huts, and of the traditional Swiss wrestling with large burlap underwear. The director accompanies the children of Napf for 365 days along the four seasons. The landscape of Mount Napf provides the backdrop for the life stories of these young mountain folk in the western wilderness of Lucerne.