Film Reviews

Back to Normandy

• Director: Nicolas Philibert
• Starring: Claude Herbert
• Details: France / 113mins (TBC)

Release Date: January 18th (TBC)



PREVIEW




This will undoubtedly get a very limited release here, but if it's anything like Philibert's previous outing, the gorgeous 'Etre et Avoir', it'll be worth making an effort to see. Back to Normandy is a documentary chronicling a filmmaker's return to the Normandy region of France, thirty years after working on a movie based on a local homicide which happened in 1835. The main roles were played by local peasants, and Philibert seeks the 'actors' out to find what has become of them. There's a twist at the end, too, when Philibert finally finds what became of the peasant who played the main role in his movie. Expect beautiful scenery and honest, unembellished filmmaking.

Review by Lauren Murphy