The Brazilian Pantanal is one of the world’s largest tropical wetland areas. For some six months of the year a territory half the size of France is flooded. The film team accompanies cowboys on their way through the Pantanal with around 100 cattle. Taking up to 80 days, the arduous journey takes them from farm to farm, collecting cows on the way to a central auction.

Written and directed by Lourdes Picareta Director of photography Florian Pfeiffer Edited by Birgit Köster Location Manager Moritz Widmann Production manager Jörg Kunkel Executive producer Andreas Knoblauch Producer Dr. Thomas Schuhbauer Editorial department Ulrike Becker, Stefanie von Ehrenstein, SWR Head of production Ulrich Lenze Produced for SWR and arte Shooting period July 2004 to August 2004 Air date 2005, SWR » back