BATTLE OF THE QUEENS
Director Nicoals Steiner
Countries Germany, Switzerland
Duration 70 min
Synopsis
"Battle of the Queens" is a film from and about rural Europe, capturing a timeless cultural event: a series of head-to-head fights of cows (not bulls) set in the valley in sunny Southern CH, nestled amongst the Alps. The fights are sudden snorting seesaws, explosions of mass and muscle, archaic and wild spectacles. We follow three concurrent story lines: an anxious farmer with his beloved contender, a neurotic unemployed reporter from Zurich coming to find a story, and a gang of adolescent boys on mopeds trying to catch a pretty girl’s eye. "Battle of the Queens" tries to capture the balance between fascinating tradition and modernity. This black and white film serves as both an exciting visual treat and a long overdue documentation of an intriguing Swiss tradition.
"Battle of the Queens" is a film from and about rural Europe, capturing a timeless cultural event: a series of head-to-head fights of cows (not bulls) set in the valley in sunny Southern CH, nestled amongst the Alps. The fights are sudden snorting seesaws, explosions of mass and muscle, archaic and wild spectacles. We follow three concurrent story lines: an anxious farmer with his beloved contender, a neurotic unemployed reporter from Zurich coming to find a story, and a gang of adolescent boys on mopeds trying to catch a pretty girl’s eye. "Battle of the Queens" tries to capture the balance between fascinating tradition and modernity. This black and white film serves as both an exciting visual treat and a long overdue documentation of an intriguing Swiss tradition.