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Shepherds (2024)

Shepherds poster
Original title
Bergers
Directed by
Sophie Deraspe
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Canada
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
All
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 58 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A burned-out advertising executive leaves Montreal to become a shepherd in Provence. The film follows his new life and the challenges of working with animals.

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What happens

Shepherds (French: Bergers) is a 2024 Canadian-French drama film directed by Sophie Deraspe. An adaptation of Mathyas Lefebure's semi-autobiographical novel D'où viens tu, berger?, the film stars Félix-Antoine Duval as Mathyas, a burned-out advertising executive from Montreal who moves to Provence to become a shepherd. The cast also includes Solène Rigot, Younes Boucif, Bruno Raffaelli, Véronique Ruggia, Michel Benizri, Guilaine Londez and David Ayala. The film was screened for distributors at the 2024 Cannes Film Market, and premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. It was commercially released in November 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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