Peasant Symphony ( Boerensymfonie ) ( Symphonie paysanne )

Peasant Symphony (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Boerensymfonie
Alternate Title: Symphonie paysanne
Language Selections:
Dutch ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Belgium ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
111 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1944 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Maurice Delattre
Henri Storck

Written By:
Jacques de Schryver
Marie Gevers

Actors:
Marie Gevers ..... French comment
Marcel Josz ..... Narrator French
Frans Robberechts ..... Narrator Dutch
Paul Rock ..... Dutch comment
Gaston Vandermeulen ..... Narrator Dutch

Synopsis:

Henri Storck (Ostend 1907 - Brussels 1999) lived through the whole history of cinema, passing from silent to sound, and from experimental to commercial films. He is recognised as a pioneer of Belgian cinema and a key figure in documentary. From 1942 to 1944, he composes his Symphonie paysanne, in which he describes the day to day life and rituals of the farmers on the rhythm of the seasons. The film is a poem to nature, a lyrical masterpiece on life and death, on animals and plants, on man and his labour.

Symphonie paysanne consists of four parts that correspond to the four seasons. This lyrical masterpiece describes the day to day life and rituals of the farmers. The film is a great and slow poem to nature, in which life and death of humans, animals and plants represent as many identical themes. Nonetheless, man and his endless labor are at the core of the film.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 30 November, 2013.

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