Peace in the Fields (1970)

Original title

Paix sur les champs

Directed by

Jacques Boigelet

Genre

drama

Country

Belgium

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a family in the Belgian countryside before and after World War II. It shows their farming life and how war disrupts their peace and relationships.

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What happens

Peace in the Fields (French: Paix sur les champs) is a 1970 French-language Belgian film directed by Jacques Boigelot and based on the eponymous novel by Marie Gevers. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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