Director: Agnès Varda (2008)
Celebrated filmmaker Agnès Varda (CLEO FROM 5 TO 7) turns the camera on herself for this autobiographical documentary. While roaming the beach, the beatific 80-year-old revisits her past–including memories of fellow Left Bank directors Jacques Demy (later her husband), Alain Resnais, and Chris Marker. Incorporating clips from Varda’s work, animation, and photographs, [...]
Director: Dominique Marchais (2010)
During a stay in the Auvergne countryside Dominique Marchais became fascinated by the work and life of farmers, and in this film he conducts an investigation of contemporary agricultural policy. Travelling through the regions of France, he approaches both «industrial» and traditional farmers, as well as researchers and writers concerned with rural [...]
Directors: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud (2010)
Nearly three-quarters of the earth’s surface is covered by oceans. French co-directors Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud have set out to capture the full expanse of these waters that have played such a crucial and constant role in the history and sustenance of man. Featuring spectacular never-before-seen imagery captured by [...]
Director: Raymond Depardon (2008)
For ten years, Raymond Depardon has followed the lives of farmer living in the mountain ranges. He allows us to enter their farms with astounding naturalness.
This moving film speaks, with great serenity, of our roots and of the future of the people who work on the land.
With: Paul Argaud, Germaine Challaye, Marcel [...]
Director: Raymond Depardon (2005)
In Lozère, Ardèche and the Haute-Loire we meet up again with several families living a rural life that appeared in an earlier documentary by Raymond Depardon. Young farmers set up house in these mountainous regions, while at the same time, numerous others sell off their estates which become vacation houses for urbanites.
The [...]