The Guardians

Original title: Les gardiennes

2017
R
2h 18m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

2.6K

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Drama War

Women are left behind to work a family farm during the Great War.Women are left behind to work a family farm during the Great War.Women are left behind to work a family farm during the Great War.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

2.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 11 nominations

Trivia
The movie starring Nathalie Baye and her real life daughter Laura Smet was released the very same day Johnny Halliday died. He was the ex husband of the first and the father of the second.

Goofs
In the opening scene, which is set in 1915, the dead German soldiers are wearing the later style helmets that were not introduced until at least a year later.

Soundtracks
La Chanson des Blés d'Or
Music by Frédéric Doria
Lyrics by Camille Soubise and L. Lemaître
Sung by Iris Bry

Xavier Beauvois's film 'The Guardians' tells the story of a rural French family left behind during the First World War while the young menfolk are off fighting at the front. It's a quiet and observational movie, watching the rhythms of the agricultural calendar while human life is in some senses on hold. Unfortunately, the conceit is rather overdone: in six years, we see almost no signs of joy or even simple boisterousness, as if the war shifted everyone into a permanent state of dignified melancholy. The result is a overly slow and solemn story.