Die in der Tradition des klassischen Westerns gefilmte Dokumentation liefert hautnahen Einblick in die Welt amerikanischer Cowboys von heute. Sie veranschaulicht die Vorteile und Freuden ihres Lebens ebenso wie die Schattenseiten dieser harten, entbehrungsreichen und körperlich aufreibenden Arbeit.

Told in the cinematic tradition of classic westerns, “COWBOYS - A Documentary Portrait” is a feature-length film that gives viewers the opportunity to ride alongside modern working cowboys on some of America's largest and most remote cattle ranches. The movie documents the lives of the men and women working on these "big outfit" ranches - some of which are over one million acres - and still require full crews of horseback mounted workers to tend large herds of cattle. Narrated through first-hand accounts from the cowboys themselves, the story is steeped in authenticity and explores the rewards and hardships of a celebrated but misunderstood way of life, including the challenges that lie ahead for the cowboys critical to providing the world's supply of beef. “COWBOYS” was filmed on eight of the nation’s largest cattle ranches across ten states in the American West.

Glorifié par le cinéma et la littérature, le style de vie quotidien des cow-boys reste pourtant mal connu. Dans dix des plus grands élevages de bétail de l’Ouest américain, rencontre avec ces hommes et femmes à cheval qui livrent de passionnants témoignages sur l’évolution de leur métier et la réalité de leur quotidien rural : ses avantages, ses joies, mais aussi sa rudesse et son aspect solitaire.