At an altitude of nearly 4,000 meters, Sking is one of the most isolated villages in the Himalayan region of Zanskar. In just three months, from August to October, the Zanskaris have to harvest and store all their food for the coming year. All the women-young and old alike-work nonstop, from dawn to dusk, and worry about the arrival of winter. Filmed from the point of view of a subjective camera by a young female ethnologist, Land of Women offers a sensitive and poetic immersion in the life of four generations of women during harvesting season. We share their rare intimacy and gradually grow attached to them.
Cinematography
Subjective camera puts you inside their circle.
Direction
Chaud waited months to earn their trust.
Director
Marianne Chaud
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Zanskar is one of the last Tibetan Buddhist kingdoms, accessible only by frozen river in winter — this harvest is literally life or death.
Director Marianne Chaud learned to operate the camera herself after her cinematographer got altitude sickness on day three.
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