Bertrand's Farm
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66% Critic Match

Bertrand's Farm

6.6 / 10 2024 1h 29mNR French
Documentary

Storyline

1972 in Haute-Savoie (France) : the Bertrand's farm, with a hundred dairy cows owned by three bachelor brothers, is filmed for the first time. In 1997, they were the subject of Gilles Perret's first movie, as they let their farm to their nephew Patrick and his wife Hélène. Nowadays, 25 years later, Gilles Perret take another look at this farm, managed by Hélène who will step down. Through their words, an intimate, social and economic history of the rural world.

Cast & Crew

HB

Hélène Bertrand

Self

Lead
AB

André Bertrand

Self

CB

Cécile Bertrand

Self

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gilles Perret's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Bertrand's Farm is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker