The Girl Who Knew How to Read
a MARINE FRANCEN picture
Synopsis
Violette is old enough to marry in 1852 when her mountain village is brutally deprived of all its men following the repression of the Republicans ordered by Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte. The women spend months in total isolation. Desperate to one day see their men again, they take an oath: if a man comes, he will be for everyone. Life must continue in the belly of each and every one of them.
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Press
"Marine Francen’s seductive first feature, winner of the prestigous New Directors award at San Sebastian."
Screen International
"The Beguiled meets Black Narcissus in debutante writer-director Marine Francen's The Sower, a finely etched miniature of quietly cumulative emotional impact."
The Hollywood Reporter
Festivals
& Awards
San Sebastian Film Festival
Best Film
New Director
RDV with French Cinema, New York
San Francisco International Film Festival
Official Selection
Best Actor / Youth Audience Prize
Saint Jean de Luz Film Festival
Best Script
Tubingen-Stuttgart Film Festival
Athens International Film Festival
Leeds Film Festival
Cinemania Film Festival
Göteborg Film Festival
Bergamo Film Meeting
Vlissingen Films by the sea
Slemani International Film Festival
Premio Internazionale Efebo d'oro
Festival du film français à Prague
Berlin French Film Week
St. Louis International Film Festival
Scottsdale International Film Festival
Cast & Crew
| Pauline Burlet | |
|---|---|
| Géraldine Pailhas | |
| Alban Lenoir | |
| Iliana Zabeth | |
| Françoise Lebrun | |
| Raphaëlle Agogué | |
| Barbara Probst | |
| Anamaria Vartolomei | |
| Margot Abascal | |
| Mama Prassinos | |
| Sarah Fourage | |
| Théo Costa-Marini | |
| Auguste Wilhelm | |
| Guillaume Costanza | |
| Denis Coutaudier | |
| Fabrice Malepeyre |
| Director | Marine Francen |
|---|---|
| Screenplay | Jacqueline Surchat, Marine Francen, Jacques Fieschi |
| Based on a book of | Violette Ailhaud |
| Cinematography | Alain Duplantier |
| Film Editing | Minori Akimoto |
| Production Design | Mathieu Menut |
| Art Direction | Olivier Geyer |
| Costume Design | Pascaline Chavanne |
| Music | Frédéric Vercheval |
| Sound | Mikaël Barre |
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