The Sower

The Sower Release Date: March 1, 2019

The winner of the prestigious New Director competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival, Marine Francen’s debut of The Sower is a sensual, visually stunning historical romance.

In 1851, France’s autocratic President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte has ordered the arrest of all the men of a remote mountain farming village following a Republican uprising. The women spend years in total isolation, forced to tend the crops themselves. Some women have lost their husbands; others, like the shy but inwardly strong Violette, suddenly have no chance of experiencing physical love or motherhood. The women take an oath: if a man comes, they will share him as a lover. When a mysterious and handsome stranger arrives, he ignites passions and jealousies that threaten to destroy the tight-knit community.

In the vein of The Beguiled and The Guardians, Marine Francen strikingly beautiful first feature is a part of a new wave of female-focused historical drama.

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Starring: Pauline BurletGéraldine PailhasAlban LenoirIliana ZabethFrançoise LebrunRaphaëlle AgoguéBarbara ProbstAnamaria VartolomeiMargot AbascalMama PrassinosSarah FourageThéo Costa-MariniAuguste WilhelmGuillaume CostanzaDenis Coutaudier
Directed By: Marine Francen
Runtime: 98 minutes
Studio: Film Movement
MPAA Rating Unrated