Echoes of Home
Stefan Schwietert
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Plot Summary
What does a baby's cry have in common with the echo of a mountain yodler, and what connects the head tone of a Tuvin nomad with the stage show of a vocal artist? The answer is: the voice. Against a background of powerful alpine vistas and modern city landscapes, "heimatklänge" enters the wondrous sonic world of three exceptional Swiss vocal artists. Their universe of sound extends far beyond what we would describe as singing. In their engagement with local and foreign traditions, the powerful mountain landscape becomes a stage as do the landscapes and sonic backdrops of modern life.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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69%- Reviews Counted: 13
- Fresh: 9
- Rotten: 4
- Average Rating: 5.6/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Slightly stretched at 82 minutes, the film nevertheless makes a strong case for this high, wide and lonesome sound expressing the soul of the alpine landscape, beautifully captured by the aerial camerawork.
Fresh: This film is strange, but all the more rewarding for that. It will change your view of yodeling forever - and for the better.
Rotten: Echoes of Home is a feature-length musical documentary about the Swiss art of yodelling. Unintentionally titter-inducing in execution, yet deadly serious in conception.
Fresh: Intriguing - but some of the musicians are just the tiniest bit smug about how wackily offbeat they are.
