Far Beyond the Pasturelands
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Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis
| Far Beyond the Pasturelands | |
|---|---|
| French | Au-delà des hautes vallées |
| Directed by | Maude Plante-Husaruk Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis |
| Written by | Maude Plante-Husaruk |
| Produced by | Clotilde Vatrinet |
| Cinematography | Maude Plante-Husaruk |
| Edited by | Maude Plante-Husaruk |
| Music by | Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis |
| Distributed by | Les Films du 3 Mars |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Far Beyond the Pasturelands (French: Au-delà des hautes vallées) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Maude Plante-Husaruk and Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis and released in 2021.[1] The film centres on a small rural village in Nepal, whose residents support themselves by foraging for yarsagumba, a rare but highly valuable fungus that grows out of the decomposing bodies of dead caterpillars in Nepal and Tibet.[2]
The film highlights both the economic exploitation of the villagers, who are paid just a few dollars for their harvest even though the dealer can sell it for over $18,000 per kilogram at market, and the unsustainable overharvesting that threatens to destroy the entire supply chain.[3]
The film premiered at the 2021 Montreal International Documentary Festival,[4] before going into wider commercial release in 2022.[5]
