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Release year: 1985

Storyline

Antoine loves Thérèse. He is a shepherd and tends the animals with his uncle Séraphin. Thérèse works in the village with her mother. One day, a landslide buries Antoine and Séraphin.

Top credits

Directors

Francis Reusser

Writers

Cast

Isabel Otero — Thérèse Maye
Jacques Penot — Antoine
Maria Machado — Aline
Jean-Marc Bory — Nendaz

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• Underwent a 4K restoration by the Cinémathèque Suisse from the original 35mm picture and Dolby Stereo sound negatives.

• The lives of two newlyweds, Antoine, an alpine shepherd, and Thérèse, are overturned when a landslide swallows the mountain pasture where Antoine is working. Believed to be dead by everyone, Antoine suddenly returns home. In this adaptation of Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz's novel, Francis Reusser has crafted a sensual alpine western, which competed in Cannes in 1985 and received the César for the best French-language film the following year.

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