the essential
A German director followed the veterinarian in his daily life with the animals of the department's farmers.
It’s a beautiful Christmas gift that German filmmaker Ulrike Pfeiffer comes to personally bring to Jean Cadéot who plays his own character in the documentary “The Fabulous World of Doctor Cadéot”, which follows his days as a rural veterinarian, a profession he exercises. for many decades. A film that the director will present Friday evening at Gascogne.
Ulrike Pfeiffer is not her first attempt at discovering Gascony and its inhabitants through her camera. She herself regularly sets down her suitcases in Gazaupouy. In the credits of his latest film, released in 2021, no famous actor, but local, authentic people. She had also directed some of them in “The Frog King of Gazaupouy”, released in 2012. In this latest film about Doctor Cadéot, she was able to forget her presence and her camera to stay as close as possible to the reality of the profession of this enthusiast.
For those who call on the veterinarian, and there are few farmers of the last century who did not need his services, there is no fear: on film, there is no caricature or sensationalism. The trust that the director was able to establish from the first meeting and throughout the filming made Doctor Cadéot feel reassured and gave his agreement for the production of this documentary on his daily life in the countryside near Saint -Mézard. Today some practices seem outdated, but it was also “animal welfare” before its time.
This documentary is also the agricultural world of Gers seen by German director Ulrike Pfeiffer through the veterinary profession. For Doctor Cadéot, his veterinary practice consists of a meadow, a stable, a sheepfold, a henhouse.
The fabulousness of the film is this profession, which still inspires dreams, practiced far from sterile offices, with the boots, the blue coat and the cap of Doctor Cadéot alongside the farmers, day and night.
A universe to come and discover at Gascogne on Friday December 27, at 7 p.m. during a “cinema-encounter” evening in the presence of the director and Dr Jean Cadéot.
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