A fable on the timeless proverb:money can't buy happiness.There's nothing like family life with a good wife and loving children,the city means evil,better staying on your farm in the country ,like your fathers have always done.
A good farmer wins the lottery and realizes that time is passing him by.Helped,so to speak,by an army buddy and his girlfriend Dominique and a pack of so called friends,he begins to live a wild life .Those snubs despise the peasant and they use him as a cash cow.Himself is ill at ease in this selfish world of self-interested parasites and sycophants .
A pleasant little comedy,which sometimes drags on -the "Dolce Vita" scenes are mostly filler- with an intrusive pedestrian music.But in the end,proof positive that bright lights and big city are not worth an acre of good earth (hence the title:"Les Arpents Dorés" = the golden acres)
A good farmer wins the lottery and realizes that time is passing him by.Helped,so to speak,by an army buddy and his girlfriend Dominique and a pack of so called friends,he begins to live a wild life .Those snubs despise the peasant and they use him as a cash cow.Himself is ill at ease in this selfish world of self-interested parasites and sycophants .
A pleasant little comedy,which sometimes drags on -the "Dolce Vita" scenes are mostly filler- with an intrusive pedestrian music.But in the end,proof positive that bright lights and big city are not worth an acre of good earth (hence the title:"Les Arpents Dorés" = the golden acres)