Summaries

When Antoine Combalat ,a peasant,reads the papers,he knows everything is brainwashing.But the church bells have rung:WW1 which was bound to end all wars has begun.

When Antoine Combalat ,a peasant,reads the papers,he knows everything is brainwashing.But the church bells have rung:WW1 which will put an end to all wars has begun. After fighting for a while,the corporal deserts.He lives in the Provence mountains ,surviving wintry wilderness,hunting and fishing,in a Rousseauesque way.The nature,the buzz ,the magnificent landscape seem another world ,after the slaughter .If it weren't for the coming of a gendarme ,we would forget everything about the war they are waging with their human cattle.—dbdumonteil

Details

Keywords
  • church
  • corporal
  • pacifism
  • deserter
  • ww1
Genres
  • Drama
  • History
  • War
Release date Mar 24, 1983
Countries of origin Canada France
Language French
Production companies France 3 Ministère de la Culture de la Republique Française Lyric International

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 40m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

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