The Sower (2017)
- Original title
- Le Semeur
- Directed by
- Marine Francen
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France, Belgium
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 42 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
After all the men in a 19th-century French village are taken away to suppress a rebellion, the women must manage their lives and relationships alone. The film follows their struggle for survival and community amid loneliness and scarcity.
slow-burnmelancholicintimateearthyreflectiverestrainedtendertense
What happens
The Sower is a 2017 France-Belgium co-production written and directed by Marine Francen and based on the short story L'homme semence by Violette Ailhaud. Set in 1851, The Sower takes place in a village where the women have been left on their own after all the men were rounded up in order to prevent an uprising. The film premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2017 and was released in the U.S. in 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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