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Peter and the Farm

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Peter Dunning is the proud proprietor of Mile Hill Farm, which sits on 187 idyllic acres in Vermont. The land's 38 harvests have seen the arrivals and departures of three wives and four children, leaving Peter with only animals and memories. The arrival of a film crew causes him to confront his history and his legacy, passing along hard-won agricultural wisdom even as he doubts the meaning of the work he is fated to perform until death.
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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader The farm is hardly thriving, but it yields a bumper crop of despair. Jan 19, 2017 Full Review Robert Abele Los Angeles Times As character studies go, it has a peculiar pull as a reflective one-man show. Nov 17, 2016 Full Review Michelle Dean The New Republic Peter and the Farm works harder than most films to get at the truth of what has happened to its anti-hero. Nov 15, 2016 Full Review Michael J. Casey Michael J. Cinema This isn't a quick sentence or two lines about why organic is better, but a harrowing yet somewhat uplifting portrait of a man who manages to find a way to survive one day at a time. Rated: 4/5 Jun 9, 2021 Full Review Craig Schroeder Battleship Pretension Peter and the Farm is immensely rewarding as a fascinating personification of all of the emotions that mental illness renders you incapable of personifying. Jan 7, 2021 Full Review Elissa Suh MUBI Garrulous and cranky, roughened and wizened, farmer Peter Dunning wears a snowy Santa Claus beard and bears not only physical resemblance to Robin Williams, but also exhibits the actor-comedian's self-effacing humor... Feb 27, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Gavin M Moving on many levels. The cinematography is raw and personal. Peter Dunning (RIP) had quite a story to tell as well as facing the inevitable decay of the farm with such artistic poetry. 10/10. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member If you can watch this all the way through and feel good about yourself afterwards, I don't know what to tell you. Alcoholism, severe depression, animal abuse, neglect... there's so much heartache going on in this film. Someone should be stopping this man, and getting him and those animals some help, not filming him. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Stunning... awesome.. raw.. intimate. Real. Lovely. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Carlo R Un acercamiento bastante inusual a la vida de un granjero. La situación de una persona que pudiera resultar común para muchos, es la mejor oportunidad para compartir las enseñanzas e historias que sólo el tiempo es capaz de brindar. A través de la vida de Peter, Tony Stone nos da la oportunidad de entender, reconocer y recordar, como si de una parábola se tratara. Un hombre que parece mirar con frecuencia al pasado, pero mostrar una completa apatía e indiferencia por el presente y el futuro. "Everything has a history", menciona claramente Peter en cierto momento de la película. Y el protagonista de esta cinta es un hombre que no sólo tiene historias interesantes, sino que también sabe contarlas. La esencia de una historia puede ser la misma, pero la manera en la que se narra puede representar la diferencia entre un simple relato y una épica odisea. Eso es precisamente lo que el director toma en cuenta para hacer esta película, sabiendo cómo presentar cada elemento y dándole la requerida importancia a cada una de las historias que se van desentrañando a lo largo del filme. Stone utiliza todos los recursos y herramientas que tiene a la mano de la mejor manera, valiéndose además de una bella banda sonora acorde al filme y un hermoso y excelente trabajo fotográfico, con imágenes que sólo la naturaleza puede ofrecer. Un filme lento, claro está, pero esa es la intención (una de las razones por las que la película no dura más de 1 hora y media). Bastante crudo por momentos, pero sin miedo a reflejar la realidad tal y como es. Hay que reconocer el trabajo y esfuerzo del director, sobre todo porque, de acuerdo a lo mostrado durante el filme, debe haber sido difícil convivir y trabajar con una personalidad como la de Peter, que a pesar de aportar diversos elementos interesantes a la historia, también vuelve más difícil el trabajo del cineasta. Peter and the Farm es un trabajo profundo, que utiliza elementos simples y comunes para ofrecer un análisis introspectivo y casi existencial. Una cinta sumamente sentimental, humana y reflexiva. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/19/17 Full Review Audience Member I'm a huge fan of American Hollow, this had the same mood and feeling to me... love and despair. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Best documentary ever. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Peter Dunning is the proud proprietor of Mile Hill Farm, which sits on 187 idyllic acres in Vermont. The land's 38 harvests have seen the arrivals and departures of three wives and four children, leaving Peter with only animals and memories. The arrival of a film crew causes him to confront his history and his legacy, passing along hard-won agricultural wisdom even as he doubts the meaning of the work he is fated to perform until death.
Director
Tony Stone
Producer
Tony Stone, Melissa Auf der Maur, Jake Perlin, Andrew Adair
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
Cinema Conservancy, Magnolia Pictures, Heathen Films
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 4, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 7, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$17.5K
Runtime
1h 31m
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