While the Green Grass Grows

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While the Green Grass Grows

2025Movie2 h 46 min

64

DecentGoodWatch score

64

DecentGoodWatch score

Summary

First, there is the Appenzell countryside, and the melting snow that makes the streams overflow. Then the death of his mother, and the need to spend time with his father.

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Audiences 64GoodWatch 64
IMDb6.4
Running time
2 h 46 min
Longer than 9 in 10 documentaries, +70 min on the typical 96
typical 96166
Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
2025
October 2, 2025
Last year
Genre
Documentary
Language
English
Original language
Also spoken
German
Made in
Canada
Switzerland
Directing · 1
Peter Mettler Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Location Sound Mixer
Production · 2
Cornelia Seitler Producer
Brigitte Hofer Producer
Editing · 1
Jordan Kawai Editor, Sound Designer
Sound · 3
Peter Bräker Sound Designer
Massimo Del Gaudio Sound Editor
Jacques Kieffer Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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