Three generations of farmers :Nicolas ,the young son , finds the work hard and sometimes thinks that this is a dead-end job;the father is a tormented soul, a person with suicidal tendencies ;the granddad is a strong old man and he will be so till his dying day .
As though he wanted to show that these farmers are the last of their kind, the director always films his scenes at dawn or at dusk (the admirable final scene shows the granddaddy watching the sunset ).The characters move in a twilight glow .This is essentially a chronicle;the suicide of the father being the only real event of the story :it is filmed in an impressive way ,and it is really too bad that the excellent Jean-Pierre Darroussin should disappear so early in the film.
The stand -out is Jacques Dufilho whose career spans more than half a century. Not for action-packed movie buffs ,but endearing.
As though he wanted to show that these farmers are the last of their kind, the director always films his scenes at dawn or at dusk (the admirable final scene shows the granddaddy watching the sunset ).The characters move in a twilight glow .This is essentially a chronicle;the suicide of the father being the only real event of the story :it is filmed in an impressive way ,and it is really too bad that the excellent Jean-Pierre Darroussin should disappear so early in the film.
The stand -out is Jacques Dufilho whose career spans more than half a century. Not for action-packed movie buffs ,but endearing.