Don't Believe the Hype

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

He stands in front of the camera and watches quietly. His long hair is moving in the rough winds of the French mountains. The face is shaped from hard work and intensive "Gitanes"-consumption. "Why are you wearing your hair like that? Are your becoming a rebel now?", the filmmaker asks out of the off. "Oui", the man answers and smiles – the live of the farmers does without big words. And it is true, this movie shows rebels. They hold on to a way of life, that has already vanished.In the second part of his trilogy about the rural areas of Lozère, Ardèche and Haute-Loire filmmaker Raymond Depardon is searching for everyday life between hay making, dying and founding families. In the movie he never conceals the presence of himself or the camera. A refreshing unsentimental portrait with rough edges. It was even edited this way. Documentary purists and fans of "la France" get their money's worth