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Flim/Video VIGNETTES OF LIFE: FINKIEL, DEPARDON, SIMON PEASANT PROFILES: THE APPROACH (PROFILES PAYSANS: L'APPROACHE) DIRECTED BY RAYMOND DEPARDON THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2002 8 PM FREE AUDITORIUM |
Small family farmers in rural France are the subjects of this revealing and sympathetic vérité documentary. Depardon's understated portraits, composed in modest long takes and accompanied by minimal narration, allow for intimate observations of the subtle nuances of human interaction and rural existence. 2000, France, color, video, in French with English subtitles, 90 minutes.
THIS PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL. SPECIAL THANKS TO ERIC DAMIEN FOR HIS COLLABORATION.