La Chute (On Its Way Down)
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23m
by Sebastian Schaevers • 2022 • Belgium
Zinal, a small town in the Swiss Alps, looks straight up toward the melting glaciers of the Couronne Impériale. The townspeople struggle with nihilistic indifference. What can they do? They can’t stop the world from falling apart. And when the threat is so immediate, and their powerlessness so great, can their response be anything other than cynicism? Then a paraglider falls mysteriously from the sky, and Zinal starts to change.
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