Biquefarre (1983)

Directed by

Georges Rouquier

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker returns to a farm in southern France years after his first film. He shows the daily work and worries of the family who runs it, as they face pressure to change or sell.

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What happens

Biquefarre is a 1983 French docufiction film, written and directed by Georges Rouquier, about the uncertain future facing a small farm in Aveyron. The film revisits characters first documented by Rouquier in his 1947 film Farrebique. The film entered the competition at the 40th Venice International Film Festival, where it received the Special Jury Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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