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Les enfants de Néant (1968)

Les enfants de Néant poster
Directed by
Michel Brault
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
45 min
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about a Breton farmer who has to leave his land to work at a Citroen factory near Rennes in 1968. The film shows the social and cultural changes happening in Brittany because of new technology and industry.

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What happens

Les Enfants de Néant est un documentaire français réalisé par Michel Brault en 1968. Le film raconte l'histoire d'un paysan breton vivant à Néant-sur-Yvel (Morbihan) obligé d'abandonner sa terre pour aller travailler dans l'usine Citroën près de Rennes. Brault décrit le contexte socio-culturel de la Bretagne en 1968 et des changements inévitables nés des innovations techniques. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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