The Girl from Paris (2003)
Sandrine, a woman in her thirties gets tired of life in Paris and decides to leave her work in computers and become a farmer. She takes the required practice for two years, and after that she buys an isolated farm from Adrien, an old farmer who decides it's time to retire. However, Adrien wants to stay a few more months before moving away from the farm, and the rough winter finds them together...
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Good concept, poorly executed.
Crappy film
The movie is wildly uneven but lively and timely - in its own surreal way
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
An engaging movie with a story that's been addressed before but rarely with the believable performances as this one. I fell in love with the main characters, and even the minor ones, as the story is revealed of the beauty of farm life with it's many hardships. This is your life, everyone. This is a four star picture with a blurry fourth star because of a rush to the finish. I have to guess who is in the casket, which bothers me, but having to guess how the life of the girl and the old man will go on doesn't. The film may be criticized for its realistic portrayal of slaughter of animals, but I say, "get over it," and appreciate the great performances of the main characters.
This is not a review, but a warning. The film is well described in most of the reviews here, so I'll not add my own in that regard. Besides, I never got past the slaughter of the pig. Watching that pig struggle and scream in terror, then hang numbly before being shot was it for me.I am a vegetarian. Make of that what you will. Yes, I know animals are slaughtered on a farm. But this is a film, and I draw the line at slaughtering animals for entertainment of humans. We eat animals, use them to make clothing. Hey, animals eat each other. These are facts of life, but killing them for entertainment, no--not even if the animal was to be eaten. The film should have been issued with a warning to this effect.If you feel as I do, don't say I didn't warn you.
"The Girl From Paris" tiptoes liltingly though a slice of life of a young French city woman who buys a farm and finds herself wrestling with the rigors of farm life and the stoic, laconic, and crusty old previous owner. The odd couple put of with each other at the outset but as time passes they find something of value in one another and a tender, sensitive but mostly unspoken relationship emerges. A light drama about mutual needs in a bucolic milieu which explores a different kind of relationship, "The Girl From Paris" is a lovely little film with minimal dialogue worth a look for anyone into people flicks of the French persuasion. (B)
a slow tempo movie, with no big scenes, no breathtaking special effects, just a small number of actors and the peaceful scenery of the French alps that touch the heart. all these are the background of the slow development of the relationship between the 2 main characters of the story. Sandrine, a young Parisian woman, who decided to leave the big city and buy a farm at the French alps. Adrian is the old owner of the farm, who remained living at the farm after the sale, but at first, refuses to help Sandrine and guide her. the peaceful yet cruel nature is the background of the mutual process that the two characters experience. the old man and the young woman who learn to accept each other and even like each other very much.