Eng Subs: Vingt Dieux

Regie: Louise Courvoisier, France, 92 MIN, French with English subtitles, AL

Cast: Clément Favreau, Maïwene Barthelemy, Luna Garret, Mathis Bernard, Dimitri Baudry

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After the tragic death of his father, 18 year old Totone is thrust into the unexpected and very adult role of looking after his younger sister and their failing family farm in the Jura section of France.

He assumes even more responsibility when he enters a cash competition for the best Comte cheese made in this western part of the French Alps. A “verité” look at the hardscrabble life of French agriculture, it is simultaneously a moving love story and above all an ode to the love of cheese.

De pers over Eng Subs: Vingt Dieux

  • Courvoisier is more interested in human complexity than in generically packaged uplift, which makes the fact that this is her feature directing debut all the more impressive. NY times