BRETON
Director: Christophe Switzer
France, 2020, 20 min
Shooting Format:Arri Mini Alexa
Festival Year:2021
Category:Narrative Short
Genres:Farm life, Childhood, Education, Old time, Dramedy
Cast:Denis Lechopier, Hippolyte Perrot, Marie-Béatrice Dardenne, Yves Morard
Crew:Writer: Christophe Switzer. Producers: Yannick Bernard, Nicolas d'Autryve.
Synopsis
1962, South of France. A wine grower is reluctant to let his elder son go away to school, even though he is at the top of his class. The boy confides in Breton, the farm horse.
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About the director
Christophe Switzer is a screenwriter and director of several successful short films. His work draws on a arthouse cinéma, neorealistic, tradition of Everyman directed toward the audience. He is demanding and meticulous in the artistic direction of his films, and is an author of humanistic stories that appeal to the heart, true things, infused with humor and feeling.