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Bloody Milk

2017 · 90 min

A quietly gripping, slow-burn descent into a farmer's desperate, solitary struggle to protect his herd, blending everyday realism with mounting dread.

Directed by
Hubert Charuel
Genres
Drama
Starring
Swann Arlaud, Sara Giraudeau, Bouli Lanners
Overview
Pierre, in his thirties, is a breeder of dairy cattle. His life revolves around his farm, his veterinarian sister and his parents whose livestock he took over. As the first cases of a zoonotic outbreak are reported in France, Pierre discovers that one of his animals is infected. He cannot cope with the perspective of losing the whole herd. They are everything he has and he will do whatever it takes to save them.

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Directed by
Hubert Charuel
Genres
Drama
Starring
Swann Arlaud, Sara Giraudeau, Bouli Lanners
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • survival
  • family
  • obsession
  • work
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Hubert Charuel
Written by
Hubert Charuel, Claude Le Pape
Starring
Swann Arlaud, Sara Giraudeau, Bouli Lanners, Isabelle Candelier, Valentin Lespinasse, Clément Bresson, India Hair, Jean Charuel
Music
Quentin Lepoutre
Cinematography
Sébastien Goepfert
Runtime
90 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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