The Windmill

The Windmill (1975) is a documentary film directed by Michel Soutter.

In preparation for a feature-length film about windmills, an assistant director travels through the Vaud region to search for locations with windmills. The research leads to a serious engagement with the meaning and purpose of windmills, which has something Don Quixote-like about it in the age of nuclear power stations. The transitions between document and fiction flow constantly and result in a charming and intellectual mixture of seriousness and fun, determination and coincidence, weightlessness and the weight of meaning.

Cast

Michel Schopfer

Self - The Assistant Director

Arié Dzierlatka

Self - The Composer

Jean-Luc Bideau

Self - The Actor