After Winter, Spring (2012)

Original title

Après l'hiver, le printemps

Directed by

Judith Lit

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

1.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows farming families in rural southwest France. It shows their daily lives and how they handle changes in the world around them. The filmmaker weaves in her own story of moving to the region.

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What happens

After Winter, Spring is 2012 documentary film, produced, directed and narrated by Judith Lit. It stars Nanou Bouchat, Charlotte Brajot, Isabelle Brajot, Frédéric Coté, Isabelle Coté, Ginette Delibie, Marie-Louise Gourdon, Guy Phélip, Alain Rabeau, Alfred Tripied, and Dylan Veyret. Set in the Périgord region of southwest France, the film follows the lives of farming families and individuals in the community as they confront challenges that the changing geopolitical and economic landscapes pose. Judith Lit, who moved to a town with 100 people in the Périgord region in 1999, found inspiration for the film after she recognized the similarities between the family farmer communities of this new home and her home town in Pennsylvania. As Lit captures the story of these families, she also narrates her own story. The origins of After Winter, Spring are based in the real life stories of the local farmers and Judith Lit. It was produced by Lit through the Terra Production and Dublin Films production companies. It was funded by The Cher Lewis Charitable Trust, The Florence Gould Foundation, and Région Aquitaine. The cinematography was done by Stéphane Carbon, an active director of photography for over twenty years. The editing and original music were done by Jennifer Chinlund and Todd Boekelheide respectively. Monte Thompson was responsible for the animation of stills. The film is shown in 16:9 HD and runs for 75 minutes. After Winter, Spring premiered on October 8, 2012 at the Mill Valley Film Festival. It was first released in the United States on February 25, 2015 and distributed by Bullfrog Films. In France, it was first released on February 10, 2015. The film has had over sixteen screening locations in the United States, twenty nine in France, three in Canada, one in Italy and one in Russia. Worldwide, the film was an official selection at 12 film festivals and has won three awards including Best Foreign Documentary at the Arizona International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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