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The Sower

2017 · 98 min

A quiet, sun-drenched yet emotionally fraught period drama about desire, community, and sacrifice, unfolding with patient tension.

Directed by
Marine Francen
Genres
Drama
Overview
In 1852, the mountain village in Provence where Violette lives is brutally deprived of all its men after the repression of the republicans ordered by Napoleon III. Women spend months in total isolation, desperate to see their men again. In this situation, they make an oath in case a man arrives in the village.

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Directed by
Marine Francen
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 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
  • love
  • betrayal
  • fate
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Marine Francen
Written by
Jacqueline Surchat, Jacques Fieschi, Marine Francen
Starring
Pauline Burlet, Géraldine Pailhas, Alban Lenoir, Iliana Zabeth, Françoise Lebrun, Raphaëlle Agogué, Barbara Probst, Anamaria Vartolomei
Cinematography
Alain Duplantier
Runtime
98 min
Country
Belgium, France
Languages
French

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