The House in the Woods (1971)

Original title

La Maison des bois

Directed by

Maurice Pialat

Genre

period drama film

Country

France, Italy

Length

1 season, 7 episodes

Rated

TP

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This mini-series follows the daily lives of people in a French village during World War I. Children are sent away from Paris to stay with a local family in the woods.

slow-pacedintimatemelancholicobservationalunderstatedearthylow-key

What happens

La maison des bois (engl. The house in the woods) is a 1971 French mini-series, consisting of seven episodes. It was directed by Maurice Pialat and written by René Wheeler, starring Pierre Doris, Jacqueline Dufranne, and Agathe Natanson. The mini-series takes place during World War I and tells about the daily life in a French village. Gaumont has released the mini-series on DVD in 2005. In 2024, a 4K restoration of the series was performed by the French National Video Institute. The restoration was released in American theaters in 2026 by Janus Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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