The puma is one of the most impressive but also one of the shyest animals of Patagonia. He is also an important component of an intact ecological system. This powerful wild cat not just only regulates the stocks of herbivores, they are also on the top of the food chain from which other animals profit a lot. Even though the puma is a protected species, they are hunted mercilessly. The Torres del Paine National Park is one of the few areas where the puma can find an intact naturally environment. Here they are able to hunt undisturbed and raise their cubs. In the rythm of seasons the film documented the life of a young puma with her three cubs. In one of the most beautiful landscapes of the world the camera accompanies the puma family – starting with the first meat meal of the two months old cubs – to their way of growing up and pass their first successful hunt.
In the last 15 years Uwe Müller primarily produced animal and nature documentaries by his own company Capricornum Film for the international and national market. For his work he recieved many awards from international film festivals. Especially his film stories and his camera work with his suprisingly new perspectives have become to a very own trademark. In this time he produced 20 films for TV Channels like ARD / NDR, WDR, MDR; ZDF; ARTE; ZDF-Enterprises and the National Geographic Channel. Uwe Müller has never studied film or biology, he just always was interested inWildlife and Nature. Until 1988 he was living in the former „GDR“ and worked as a plumber. After that he went off to thewestern part of germany. There he was studying mechanical engineering and was traveling the world. Thereby he discovered filming as a hobby and was presenting his own movies at some amateur film festivals, where he won many prizes during 5 years. In the 1996 he switched his amateur camera into equipment with professional quality and founded his own film production company, wich was named Capricornum Film later. Uwe Müller directed and produced films in Germany, Uganda, Kenya, the island of Sardinia, Antarctica, Argentina and Chile, where he was mostly living between 2000 an 2010. He is a specialist for the area of South-America and especially for the region of Patagonia.