The Sower

Le Semeur (original)

6.5

/10

1h 38mDrama Romance

The winner of the prestigious New Director competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival, Marine Francen’s debut 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.

Spoken language: fr

Starring Pauline Burlet, Géraldine Pailhas, Alban Lenoir, Iliana Zabeth, Françoise Lebrun, Raphaëlle Agogué, Barbara Probst, Anamaria Vartolomei, Margot Abascal, Mama Prassinos

Watch "The Sower" from streaming services Apple TV+ (itunes), Youtube released in 2017. It's a drama and romance movie, and has a rating of 6.5 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.