Too Early/Too Late (1981)

Original title

Trop tôt, trop tard

Directed by

Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

Genre

documentary film

Country

France, Egypt

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film shows long static shots of rural landscapes in France and then Egypt. Voiceovers read texts about the hardships of poor farmers in those places.

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What happens

Too Early/Too Late (French: Trop tôt/Trop tard) is a 1981 essay film directed by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet. It is a sequence of shots of rural landscapes accompanied by readings of texts about the struggles of poor farmers, followed by another sequence of shots in Egypt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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