
During the Great War in the French countryside. Soldiers come back from the front, the others leave. Louis, age nine, lives with his mother in the family farm They wait for the return of his father, gone off to fight. Louis hopes every day to see him again and helps his mother in the works of the farm while far off resound the rumours of the war. And then one day, finally, it is the return. Louis finds his father. A foreigner from the war veteran with severe facial injuries.
Directed by Christophe Deram, Face leans on a strong ensemble — Sandrine Blancke, Yann Trégouët, Théo Poirot — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 2011.
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Pierre, in his thirties, is a breeder of dairy cattle. His life revolves around his farm, his veterinarian sister and his parents whose livestock he took over. As the first cases of a zoonotic outbreak are reported in France, Pierre discovers that one of his animals is infected. He cannot cope with the perspective of losing the whole herd. They are everything he has and he will do whatever it takes to save them.
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