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Olanda
Olanda
6.7
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336 Ratings

OLANDA

Directed by Bernd Schoch
Germany, 2019
Documentary

Synopsis

In the southern Carpathians, whole families spend the summer living in improvised camps, setting out at dawn to look for mushrooms and berries. The informal structures of this microcosm form the smallest link in a Europe-wide industrial chain.

Synopsis

In the southern Carpathians, whole families spend the summer living in improvised camps, setting out at dawn to look for mushrooms and berries. The informal structures of this microcosm form the smallest link in a Europe-wide industrial chain.

Our take

Before it reaches your plate, most food goes through a remarkable and frequently distressing journey. Olanda expands on just this: the people, the economy, and the search involved in the picking and selling of mushrooms. From this ennobled livelihood, a great, detailed world sprouts before us.