BLOODY MILK (PETIT PAYSAN) |
CREST THEATRE In French with English subtitles. AWARDS -Best Actor (Swann Arlaud), Best Supporting Actress (Sara Giraudeau) and Best First Feature, César 2018. REVIEWS No milk run, this is a viral thriller worthy of Hitchcock with an updated twist as good as Stephen King. Ron Wilkinson - It's Just Movies One of the major discoveries of the year. Olivier de Bruyn - Marianne In its best moments, "Petit paysan" takes the form of a farewell, dark and bloody to the French countryside. Laura Tuillier - Cahiers du Cinéma The son of farmers, Hubert Charuel filmed on his parents' farm this wonderful mental thriller, which tells the anguish of a rural world so rarely represented on screen. Gwenola Trouillard - Télé 2 semaines A solemn take on rural life that intriguingly toys with thriller conventions. Pamela Pianezza - Variety he English-language title is perhaps a bit misleading compared to the French Petit paysan (literally “little farmer” but more like an insult meaning “redneck” or “hillbilly”), which reveals a social aspect of the story (...) In essence, Pierre is part of a dying breed trying to make ends meet in a place where agribusinesses rule and smaller farmers have a hard time surviving. Jordan Mintzer - The Hollywood Reporter |
First-time director Hubert Charuel weaves a compelling and unconventional rural thriller out of the tale of a young small farmer and his cows. Swann Arlaud (who won the César for Best Actor for his role in the film; also in A Woman’s Life - SFFF 2017) delivers a riveting performance as Pierre, whose quiet, repetitive life revolves around meticulously and lovingly caring for the dairy farm he has taken over from his parents. He knows his cows by name, delivers their calves with his own hands, and they occupy every inch of his psyche and life… Until a deadly bovine epidemic rears its ugly head and strikes one of his own. Pierre refuses to accept the idea of losing his cows. They are all he has, and he will fight to the bitter end to save them. With his suspicious veterinarian sister (Sara Giraudeau, Papa ou Maman 2, SFFF 2017) breathing down his neck, Pierre calculates his every move, but will stop at nothing to conceal the truth and hold onto his herd. Seething with suspense and heart-felt tragedy, Bloody Milk is an astute, understated and original tale told simply and with great eloquence. It premiered as part of the International Critics’ Week at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. It was nominated for eight César and won three of them: Best Actor (Swann Arlaud), Best Supporting Actress (Sara Giraudeau) and Best First Feature. Bloody Milk was shot on the dairy farm of the director's parents. Shown with MEMO by Julien Becquer, Éléna Dupressoir, Jules Durand, Viviane Guimarães, Inès Scheiber.
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