After the outbreak of World War I, the women of the Paridier farm in provincial France must protect the homestead...
After the outbreak of World War I, the women of the Paridier farm in provincial France must protect the homestead in the absence of their husbands, sons, and employees.
Family matriarch Hortense (Nathalie Baye) reluctantly brings on a hard-scrabble orphan, Francine (Iris Bry), to assist her daughter Solange (Laura Smet) and sustain the farm. New tools allow the women to triumph over the land, but old jealousies persist, especially when the men return from the front. A rough-hewn tribute to a generation of women who persisted.
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92 %62 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
55 %394 reviewsAudience score rating
"Ms. Baye, one of the great living French screen actresses, is steely and magnificent, even as it is Ms. Bry who finally captures the film's energy and the sympathy of the audience."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"The beauty and the pathos of the film are vivid in every frame."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"This is a picture which embraces the gentle rhythms of a simple lifestyle, set against a backdrop of fundamental and permanent change."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"Elegantly made and quietly emotional, a family story filled with characters whose lives we sink into, feeling the hope, the sadness, the sorrow and the joy right along with those on the screen."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"A sober, quietly affecting wartime drama."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterThe Guardians (Les Gardiennes) | Details
- Rating
- PG, Violence & sex scenes
- Runtime
- 134
- Genre
- Drama, War
- Country of origin
- France, Switzerland
