Stars: Michel Serrault, Mathilde Seigner, Marc Berman, Francoise Bette

Director: Christian Carion

Summary: The story of Sandrine who decides to move to a farm on the Vercors plateau. Sandrine is confident that she can manage by herself, but experienced farmer, Adrien, is dubious... French dialogue.

The deeply expressive, down-to-earth Mathilde Seigner stars in this beautiful, scenic film as Sandrine, a 30-year-old woman who has decided to give up her career as a computer engineer in Paris to be an agriculturist. She returns to school, which is half textbook work and half hands-on farming experience (viewers may want to cover their eyes for Sandrine's lesson in slaughtering a hog). Soon after, she buys a farm in the Rhone-Alps region of France, a rugged mountainous area where the springtime views and clear air are the payoff for the intense isolated winters. There's only one hitch in Sandrine's plan: the cold and curmudgeonly former owner, Adrien (Michel Serrault), will live on the property for an additional 18 months before leaving the farm to retire. As Sandrine learns to run her new farm, coming up with business innovations of which Adrien could never have dreamed, he looks on in silent admiration but keeps his door shut to her. Finally, the two learn to communicate, teaching each other some valuable lessons. This understated film, which makes the French Alps look like paradise, shows two very lonely sides of life: Sandrine's as a young single woman who has not yet found a companion, and Adrien's as a man in his last years of life whose wife has already passed on.
This film was included in the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2002 festival organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.

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Aspect Ratio:	Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	French
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Retour Aux Sources A Documentary About The Background To The Film, Theatrical Trailer, Production Notes, Filmographies
Subtitles:	English
Year:	2000
Release Date:	January 27, 2003
Runtime:	103 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	A R T 226 D V D
Keywords:	Paris, Girl, Subtitled, General, Wide, Screen, French, From, Drama
Genre:	Drama