Is Farrebique, or the Four Seasons scary?

No. Less frightening than 98% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Farrebique, or the Four Seasons easy watching?

Yes, very. More comforting than 98% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Farrebique, or the Four Seasons violent?

No. Less violent than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Farrebique, or the Four Seasons end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Farrebique, or the Four Seasons sad?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Farrebique, or the Four Seasons

Name: Farrebique, or the Four Seasons
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1947
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 6.9

Directed by Georges Rouquier

Produced by Écran Français, Les Films Etienne Lallier

194791 min6.9 / 10

A meditative observational documentary that finds profound beauty and meaning in the cyclical rhythms of rural farm life and the intimate bond between a family and their land.

Farrebique, the first feature-length effort of French documentary filmmaker Georges Rouqier, is widely regarded as his finest film. Rouqier concentrates on a single French farm family, following them through the four seasons. As in the works of Robert Flaherty, the human characters and the land surrounding them are "one", and Rouqier never misses an opportunity to parallel their lives with the eons-old phases of nature. The final symbolic images of Spring, achieved through time-lapse photography, are almost unbearably beautiful. The winner of several festival awards, Farrebique nonetheless did not immediately result in an outpouring of financing for Rouqier's follow-up films (this was a common problem in the financially strapped French film industry of the 1940s). Perhaps as a result, Rouqier did not make his sequel, Biquefarre (filmed in the same region, with some of the same "actors"), until 1983.

Clusters

Faith Tested By Hardship Heartwarming Family Friendships Bittersweet Family Stories Justice and Freedom Rural Countryside Setting

Genres

Documentary

Keywords

Farm Worker Farm Life Pyrenees Mountain Ridge Farm House Social Documentary Isolated Farmhouse Local Farmers Farmer Family Observational Documentary Simple Life Labor Documentary

Questions people ask

Is Farrebique, or the Four Seasons scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.
Is Farrebique, or the Four Seasons easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 98% of films.
Is Farrebique, or the Four Seasons violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.
Does Farrebique, or the Four Seasons end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Farrebique, or the Four Seasons sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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