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Landes (2013)
Director: François-Xavier Vives
Cast: Marie Gillain, Jalil Lespert, Miou-Miou, Rosalia Cuevas
Runtime90 min
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A young widow wants to carry on with her husband's work:managing a pine plantation where they extract resin;but most of all,she wants to have electricity installed in her valuable property.In this place,it seems that 1789 never happened and that time stood still:her workers,circa 1920,do not receive any salary and ,like the peasants in the middle ages,have to bring their production to their landlady. But her progressive ideas come up against men still remembering WW1 and against her bourgeois peers.Her foreman ,first bewildered ,is finally won over by his boss' resilience and strength of character.For her own good,the young heiress is too ahead of her time though.
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Landes (2013), directed by François-Xavier Vives, is a drama that follows a young widow trying to modernize her pine plantation in a region where time seems to have stood still. The film has received mixed reviews, with some critics praising the lead performance and the film's social commentary, while others have found it slow-paced and overly political. Details about the film's awards recognition or audience reception are not available.
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Landes, the 2013 drama directed by François-Xavier Vives, offers a captivating exploration of a young widow's progressive ideals clashing against the traditional social structures of her rural pine plantation. With standout performances from a cast including Marie Gillain, this film blends compelling character drama with deeper themes around class, gender, and the resistance to change.
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Landes, or Lanas in Gascon, means moorland or heath. Landes and Lanas come from the Latin plānus meaning "flat, even, level, plain". They are therefore cognate with the English plain, the Spanish word llanos and the Italian word piano.
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