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The deeply expressive, down-to-earth Mathilde Seigner stars in this beautiful, scenic film as Sandrine, a 30-year-old woman who has decided to give up her career as a computer engineer in Paris to be an agriculturist. She returns to school, which is half textbook work and half hands-on farming experience (viewers may want to .. Read more

Starring Michel Serrault, Mathilde Seigner, Marc Berman, Francoise Bette
Director Christian Carion
Genres Drama, World Cinema

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The Girl From Paris

The deeply expressive, down-to-earth Mathilde Seigner stars in this beautiful, scenic film as Sandrine, a 30-year-old woman who has decided to give up her career as a computer engineer in Paris to be an agriculturist. She returns to school, which is half textbook work and half hands-on farming experience (viewers may want to cover their eyes for Sandrine's lesson in slaughtering a hog). Soon after, she buys a farm in the Rhone-Alps region of France, a rugged mountainous area where the springtime views and clear air are the payoff for the intense isolated winters. There's only one hitch in Sandrine's plan: the cold and curmudgeonly former owner, Adrien (Michel Serrault), will live on the property for an additional 18 months before leaving the farm to retire. As Sandrine learns to run her new farm, coming up with business innovations of which Adrien could never have dreamed, he looks on in silent admiration but keeps his door shut to her. Finally, the two learn to communicate, teaching each other some valuable lessons. This understated film, which makes the French Alps look like paradise, shows two very lonely sides of life: Sandrine's as a young single woman who has not yet found a companion, and Adrien's as a man in his last years of life whose wife has already passed on.
This film was included in the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2002 festival organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.

Starring Michel Serrault, Mathilde Seigner, Marc Berman, Francoise Bette
Director Christian Carion
Studio ARTIFICIAL EYE
Run time DVD: 1 hr 43 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Drama, World Cinema
Language French
Subtitles English
Released DVD: 27 Jan 2003
Production year: 2000
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    A cross-gender/generational slant on the town-and-country mouse scenario, Christian Carion's debut feature not only benefits from the striking Rhône-Alp scenery, but also the slow-burning chemistry between testy widower Michel Serrault and Mathilde Seigner, the disillusioned Parisienne who buys his rundown farm and transforms it into a thriving business. The insights into the agricultural year have undeniable charm, but there's also much to provoke in Carion's astute consideration of the need to temper tradition with change and the importance of human contact in a world increasingly dominated by impersonal means of communication. Pitched between gritty realism and pastoral idyll, this is a most satisfying experience.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006
  • 1 stars out of 4

    Slow-moving drama of agricultural life, dependent for interest on its odd-couple pairing of stubborn young city woman and a crusty old farmer who doesn't hold with new-fangled ways.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 14 out of 14 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    This is one to watch

    This film has the most beautiful opening I can remember, blending a lovely tune to beautiful camera work in the Rhone-Alpes countryside.

    Sandrine (Mathilde Seigner) has long held the ambition to be a farmer, and after agricultural college she secures a farm in which the previous owner, old Adrien Rochas (Michel Serrault) comes as part of the package, at least for the first year.

    He is living there, separate from her. He watches her and comments harshly to his friends, that she's not up to the job. The camera knows different: there is more to him than meets the eye. There is a complex relationship between them which slowly develops. A simple plot lends itself to a beautiful film in which the landscape of the Vercors plateau is a significant player.

    Sandrine is a tough cookie, and we see her tackle all manner of problems with her livestock: she appears to have the wherewithal to survive.

      • RustyT from Dorset
      • Posted 23 Feb 2004 11:40

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    This film was okay but not exciting enough, I wouldnt recommend it

    It was quite predictable and had a poor ending. thank you

      • Ann#41 from RENFREW
      • Posted 08 May 2004 01:47

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