The france.tv platform has put one of the most acclaimed films at the 2018 César Awards online. You can therefore see it for free during this long Ascension weekend.
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What’s better than a very long weekend in May to catch up on publicly and critically acclaimed films that you haven’t been able to see in recent years? Right now, Little Peasant is available free of charge on the france.tv platform. This film by Hubert Charuel is one of the cinema successes of 2018. At the time, it had received no less than ten César nominations. He ultimately left with three trophies. In the midst of an agricultural crisis, six years after its release, Little Peasant is still largely relevant today. We are immersed in the story of Pierre, a farmer in his thirties at the head of a dairy cow farm, which belonged to his parents. One day, he notices that one of the cows, Topaze, is unwell. He seeks medical advice from his sister, Pascale. The animal is suffering from a serious illness which threatens to spread to the entire herd and the health authorities will not hesitate to preventively slaughter the animals. To save them, Pierre decides to lie to everyone.
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The main actors of Little Peasant awarded with Cesars
Swann Arlaud’s performance in the role of Pierre convinced the spectators and the César jury in 2018. If you had discovered this actor in Anatomy of a fall, seeing him in his previous roles will prove to you how brilliant he already was. By his side in Little Peasant notably Sara Giraudeau, in the role of Pascale. She also won a César for this supporting role. Since this triumph, she has continued to play notable characters. In 2023, Sara Giraudeau won the Molière for actress in a public theater show for Bird Syndrome.
Hubert Charuel put his own life into Little Peasant
To realize Little Peasant, his only feature film to date, Hubert Charuel was inspired by his own life. The director himself grew up on a farm in Haute-Marne. To make a strong nod to his own life, he made his grandfather, his father and his mother play in Little Peasant. The film is also shot on the farm where he grew up.
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