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Saturday, 28 May 2022

Le cheval d'orgueil (1980)


 

In early twentieth-century Brittany, two peasants marry, have a son, and live in traditional Breton ways: three generations under one roof, a division of labor between the sexes, elders' stories at night, politics and religion during their little free time.

From memory: Unusual Chabrol movie is a period drama depicting (and celebrating) a simple, rural milieu, beautifully set and photographed, all well-intended, but somehow misses the point it wants to make.

Halliwell*: "Lovingly observed and glossy exercise in nostalgia, ravishing to look at, but somewhat stilted."