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The Dying Land (1927 film) (1926)

The Dying Land (1927 film) poster
Original title
La terre qui meurt
Directed by
Jean Choux
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
France
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A family struggles to hold onto their farm in rural France as the land becomes less fertile and younger generations drift away. The story centers on the father and his children facing the slow decline of their way of life.

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What happens

The Dying Land (French: La terre qui meurt) is a 1927 French silent drama film directed by Jean Choux and starring Gilbert Dalleu, Madeleine Renaud and Jean Dehelly. It is based on the 1898 novel of the same title by René Bazin which was later remade as a 1936 sound film The Dying Land. Location shooting took place around Sallertaine in the Vendée. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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