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Le plancher des vaches

Directed by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette and Émile Proulx-Cloutier
Canada, 2015 (documentary, 75 minutes, colour, French)
Also known as "Solid Ground"
Le plancher des vaches
Image: © Les Films du 3 Mars

Film Description:
"At 15 and 16, Pascale, Raphaël and Céleste are typical teenagers with first loves, first losses and fragile relationships with parents. But they're also having—literally—a 'field' day! That's because they're attending high school in a small and unique Eastern Townships establishment that specializes in agricultural trades: La Maison familiale rurale (Rural Family Homes). Several times a year, they each take off on their own for long periods of time not only to work with a local farmer but also to become part of a farming family. They get to meet back-to-nature diehards like one woman whose cows have won several beauty contests, or a lumberjack who uses horses and has forsaken heavy machinery. Real mentor-apprentice connections develop between the farmers and our young characters. Relationships that are grounded in life and what's real."
-- Les Films du 3 Mars (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, Émile Proulx-Cloutier
Produced by: Stéphanie Verrier, Jean-Philippe Massicotte
Cinematography: Julien Fontaine
Film Editing: Mélanie Chicoine
Music: Viviane Audet, Robin-Joël Cool
Production Company: Esperamos Films
(sources)


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