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The story takes place in September 1916, on a farm deep in Provence. It relates how a closed, basically female world reacts to the arrival of a deaf-mute man, when all the able-bodied men folk have gone off to war. One of the original aspects of this peasant drama, based on a little-known true-life episode of the Great War, is that is entirely acted in the dialect of the period and subtitled in French. The farming community speaks Occitan, the gendarmes speak French. The educational reforms of Jules Ferry had left their mark on the region: the government forbade the use of local dialects. In addition to the local drama, the film evokes a little known episode of the First World War: Germany’s attempt to make Mexico an ally in order to neutralize any belligerent notions among the Americans.

France - 2004 - 1 h 35 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Director Philippe Carrese Script Philippe Carrese Camera Serge Dell'Amico Sound Norbert Garcia Editing Véronique Graule Cast Roger Pasturel, Laurent Revest, Frank D'Aloisio, Estelle Pessemesse, Léa Coulanges, Claire Massoubre

Production Comic Strip Production Paris, 5 rue des petits champs, 75001 Paris, France

Sales Comic Strip Production Paris, 5 rue des petits champs, 75001 Paris, France