Synopsis
1915. At the Paridier farm, a mother and her daughter have taken over the farmwork in the absence of the men who have gone off to fight. Working relentlessly, their life follows the rhythms of difficult labor and the occasional return of the men on leave. Hortense, the mother, employs Francine, a young woman who grew up in state care, to help her on the farm. Francine believes she has finally found a family...
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Director (1)
Actors (11)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Les films du Worso
- Co-productions : Pathé Production, France 3 Cinéma, STUDIOCANAL
- Foreign production companies : Rita, KNM, Versus production, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pathé Films
- French distributors : Pathé Films, STUDIOCANAL
Full credits (19)
- Executive Producers : Sylvie Pialat, Benoît Quainon
- Screenwriters : Xavier Beauvois, Frédérique Moreau, Marie-Julie Maille
- Director of photography : Caroline Champetier
- Music Composer : Michel Legrand
- Assistant Director : Alain Artur
- Editor : Marie-Julie Maille
- Sound Recordist : Christophe Giovannoni
- Costume designer : Anaïs Romand
- Foreign Producer : Michel Merkt
- Author of original work : Ernest Pérochon
- Associate producers : Gilles Sitbon, Jonathan Blumental
- Sound assistants : Gautier Isern, Julien D'Esposito
- Production Manager : Patrice Marchand
- Press Attaché (film) : Agnès Chabot
- Sound editors : Damien Boitel, Loïc Prian
- Continuity supervisor : Agathe Grau
- Production Designer : Yann Mégard
- Casting : Karen Hottois
- Sound Mixer : Éric Bonnard
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France (90.0%), Switzerland (10.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
Box-office & releases
News & awards
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Selections (14)
Delegations (3)
Richmond French Film Festival
United States, 2018
Actor : Nicolas Giraud
Director of photography : Caroline Champetier