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THE SOWER (SEMEUR, LE)
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, NETHERLANDS
Local title : LE SEMEUR  ;  Release date : Jun 13, 2019
 
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Completed - FRENCH - Drama - 98 minutes

Log Line

1850 - a mountain village is brutally deprived of all its men following the repression of the Republicans ordered by Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte. The young women take an oath: if a man comes, he will be for all the women.




Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Marine FRANCEN
 Cast : Pauline BURLET, Géraldine PAILHAS, Alban LENOIR, François LEBRUN, Iliana ZABETH

 Producer(s) : Sylvie PIALAT (LES FILMS DU WORSO), Benoit QUAINON (LES FILMS DU WORSO)

Synopsis

Violette is old enough to marry in 1852 when her mountain village is brutally deprived of all its men following the repression of the Republicans ordered by Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte. The women spend months in total isolation. Desperate to one day see their men again, they take an oath: if a man comes, he will be for everyone. Life must continue in the belly of each and every one of them.

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE

Distributors More info with Europa distribution

FRANCE Nov 15, 2017 ARP SÉLECTION
GERMANY Jan 10, 2019 FILM KINO TEXT
GREECE FILMTRADE
JAPAN AT ENTERTAINMEN
LITHUANIA Feb 08, 2019 KINO PASAKA
NETHERLAND Jun 13, 2019 ARTI FILM
SPAIN Apr 20, 2018 BTEAM PICTURES
USA FILM MOVEMENT


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Festivals and Awards

San Sebastian FF 2017 - New Directors (Kutxabank-New Directors Award)
RDV Unifrance 2018
Berlin European Film Market (EFM) 2018


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