Bertrand’s Farm (2023) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

2023 · 89 mins · French

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Directed by

Gilles Perret

Starring

Cécile Bertrand, Hélène Bertrand, André Bertrand

Budget

$220K

Filmed initially in 1972, this documentary returns to the Bertrand family farm in Haute-Savoie, France, home to a hundred dairy cows and run by three bachelor brothers. Twenty-five years later, Gilles Perret revisits the farm, which had been passed down to the brothers’ nephew, Patrick, and his wife, Hélène. The film now explores the farm's current state, as Hélène prepares to relinquish her management role. Through interviews, the documentary offers a poignant and intimate look at the evolving social and economic history of rural life and the people who sustain it.