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1971 · 65 mins · English
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Directed by
Philip Trevelyan
Starring
Jim Page, Peter Page, Mr. Page, Kathy Page, Nancy Page

The Page family lives off‑grid in Sussex woods, without electricity or running water. As modern industry encroaches, they tend chores, hunt pheasants, build steam engines and dream of a lunar voyage. Their inventive narration reveals anxieties about pollution, intensive farming, mechanisation and the quest for fulfilment amid technological change.

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