La Ferme à Gégé, a lovely agricultural documentary: review and trailer

Published by Nathanaël de Sortiraparis · Published on January 26, 2023 at 01:06 p.m.
In this documentary by Florent Verdet, we meet Gégé, a farmer with a big heart who has opened his farm to children from the suburbs. In cinemas February 8, 2023.

For La Ferme à Gégé, his first film as a director, documentary filmmaker Florent Verdet focuses on an unusual figure in Normandy, farmer Gégé, known in his village for the activities he organizes on his farm with children from the suburbs. The film is due in cinemas on February 8.

La Ferme à Gégé trailer

Gégé is a very special farmer. To escape bankruptcy, he opened his farm to children from the suburbs and became a virtuoso pedagogue for decades. The feature film focuses on the end of his career, the difficult moment of his last group of children, and the moment of handing over, before moving on. Florent Verdet offers a rare point of view in this lovely film.

We discover the portrait of a real character, who deserves to be known, while not omitting to describe the difficult reality of today's farmers. The man has worked all his life, and his children have suffered as a result, and the end of his career is caused by his landlord, who evicts him. A touching portrait, which would have been better suited to television than cinema,

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Dates and Opening Time
Starts February 8, 2023

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    Average duration
    1 h 10 min

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