a film by Frédéric BACK (Canada - 1987) From a novel by Jean GIONO Narrator : Philippe NOIRET
Frédéric BACK’s masterpiece, Oscar in 1987.
2 DVDs Zone 2 PAL Language & subtitles : French / English
Lenght : 2 h 00 approx
Oscar 1987 Best Animation Film 1rst Price Annecy’s Festival 1987
More than 40 prices in the whole world !
In this desert area in Haute-Provence, a traveller was mislaid... He meets a quiet shepherd, Elzéar Bouffier, which offers hospitality to him. Elzéar is habited of a strange serenity. This peace, the shepherd owes it with this task which it assigned and which nothing seems to be able to stop : to plant trees on heights where nothing grows since decades...
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Interviews televised with Frederic BACK
Interviews televised with Jean GIONO
Interviews televised with Hubert TISON
Frédéric BACK’s biography
Portrait of Frédéric BACK
Festivals & Prices
Photos gallery
2 DVDs Zone 2 PAL Language & subtitles : French / English
Lenght : 2 h 00 approx
FREDERIC BACK (Canada)
Born on April 8, 1924 in Saarbrucken (Germany), died on December 2013 in Montreal (Canada). He lives and studies in Strasbourg, Rennes and Paris, before being established definitively in Montreal (Canada) in 1946. Teacher, illustrator, model maker, decorator, it collaborates regularly in educational, scientific and musical emissions. He has perpetuated for more than thirty years the fame of the section animation of Radio Canada...