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6.7/10
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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.
- Awards
- 11 nominations
Mathilde Viseux
- Marguerite Sandrail
- (as Mathilde Viseux-Ely)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe 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.
- GoofsIn 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.
- SoundtracksLa Chanson des Blés d'Or
Music by Frédéric Doria
Lyrics by Camille Soubise and L. Lemaître
Sung by Iris Bry
Featured review
A war film about the women left behind to struggle to work the land, with a classic tale of class, love and rejection, and final survival.
The film follows the rhythms of the farming year with the most gorgeous photography, lingering on details, faces, animals. I usually like films to have pace, but this one is most rewarding without that, and has strong emotional heft. The passion for the land runs deep both in rural areas, and French literature, and finds its cinematic expression here, notably at the end. The grief and anguish as telegrams come of death and capture Is finely portrayed.
Francine, the hard working orphan , well played, attracts our sympathy and support . If Hortense, the widowed farm owner, is a strong character, Francine is even more so, a survivor.
The film follows the rhythms of the farming year with the most gorgeous photography, lingering on details, faces, animals. I usually like films to have pace, but this one is most rewarding without that, and has strong emotional heft. The passion for the land runs deep both in rural areas, and French literature, and finds its cinematic expression here, notably at the end. The grief and anguish as telegrams come of death and capture Is finely portrayed.
Francine, the hard working orphan , well played, attracts our sympathy and support . If Hortense, the widowed farm owner, is a strong character, Francine is even more so, a survivor.
- jon-seagrave
- Oct 13, 2020
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Les gardiennes
- Filming locations
- Montrol-Sénard, Haute-Vienne, France(village church and school)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- €8,900,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $177,331
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,479
- May 6, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $4,167,608
- Runtime2 hours 18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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