Grounds High
Director Marie-Pierre Brêtas
Countries France
Duration 90 min
Synopsis
In the Brazilian Nordeste, Vanilda and her husband Antonio, along with about twenty farmers families, finally obtain a property, after having spent four years fighting in a camp supported by the landless trade union. Like pioneers from an old western movie, they slowly set about constructing a farming community, loaded with the strength of their arms and hopes, on this land haunted by dryness. The collective management of the property and its resources turns out to be an adventure even more demanding than the conquest of the lands. It is this utopian force that the film looks at, grounding through the ordeal of a desolated reality.
In the Brazilian Nordeste, Vanilda and her husband Antonio, along with about twenty farmers families, finally obtain a property, after having spent four years fighting in a camp supported by the landless trade union. Like pioneers from an old western movie, they slowly set about constructing a farming community, loaded with the strength of their arms and hopes, on this land haunted by dryness. The collective management of the property and its resources turns out to be an adventure even more demanding than the conquest of the lands. It is this utopian force that the film looks at, grounding through the ordeal of a desolated reality.