Biquefarre
Director Georges Rouquier
Countries France
Duration 90 min
Synopsis
Georges Rouquier desired long ago to make a sequel to his remarkable 1947 film about French farm life but it took him 37 years to be able to do so. The same family of actors stars in Biquefarre, but with a new set of problems; these range from the physical (the presence of poisonous pesticides) to the spiritual (the omnipresence of television) to the economic (the pressures of competition). Rouquier allows clips from the earlier film to provide continuity with life 37 years later.
Georges Rouquier desired long ago to make a sequel to his remarkable 1947 film about French farm life but it took him 37 years to be able to do so. The same family of actors stars in Biquefarre, but with a new set of problems; these range from the physical (the presence of poisonous pesticides) to the spiritual (the omnipresence of television) to the economic (the pressures of competition). Rouquier allows clips from the earlier film to provide continuity with life 37 years later.