A l'ouest du Pecos

Switzerland, 1993
FILM, Documentary, 76 min.

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directed by
Stéphane Goël
Written by
Antoine Jaccoud
Status
In distribution
Website
https://climage.ch/films/a-louest-du-pecos

In 1891 a large number of Swiss emigrated to the Pecos Valley, a desert region in New Mexico. Intensive proaganda by a group of businessmen from Geneva had convinced them they could make their fortune there. More than 200 Swiss settlers – farmers, winegrowers and adventurers from good families – set out to seek the dazzling wealth they had been promised. The film is a study of the social conditions that caused people to leave everything behind and of the business interests that steered their way.

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World Premiere
1993
Original Version
 colour, 76 min.
ISAN
0000-0001-B064-0000-H-0000-0000-N
Production
Association Climage, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer
directed by
Stéphane Goël
Written by
Antoine Jaccoud
Cinemato­graphy
Camille Cottagnoud
Editing
Stéphane Goël
Location Sound Mix
Gilles Abravanel
Music
Jean-Philippe Zwahlen

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