The Plough

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The Plough

2023

1h 35m

Drama

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The Plough is a constellation. It is also a puppet theatre. This is the story of a family of puppeteers: siblings Louis, Martha and Lena; their father, who directs the troupe; and the grandmother, who makes the dolls. Together, they are a company and put on puppet shows. One day, following a performance, the father dies of a stroke, leaving his children alone.

Diego Semerene

Slant Magazine

The sort of gravitas that seems necessary for the most satisfying of French clichés to amount to playful reworkings, not tired repetitions, only makes a few appearances throughout the film.

Rated: 2/4

Feb 26, 2023

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Jessica Kiang

Variety

Garrel is certainly well positioned to provide a crepuscular lament for the passing of old traditions, but “The Plough” is a disappointingly nichey, self-indulgent form for it to have taken.

Feb 24, 2023

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Rafaela Sales Ross

Little White Lies

A nuanced exploration of the dichotomy between legacy and vocation.

Feb 23, 2023

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Rory O'Connor

The Film Stage

A briskly charming, bracingly anachronistic, sometimes achingly sensual film.

Rated: B+

Mar 9, 2023

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Sarah Manvel

Critic's Notebook

It might not look like a radical film, but it really is, since a happy family is an amazing achievement, and the ability to address the newest topics in the oldest ways is a skill to be treasured.

Mar 4, 2023

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

Those uncannily convincing performances, the result of months of rehearsal and other invisible labors, generate a low-key tension juxtaposed against the larger artifices containing them.

Mar 3, 2023

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The Plough is a constellation. It is also a puppet theatre. This is the story of a family of puppeteers: siblings Louis, Martha and Lena; their father, who directs the troupe; and the grandmother, who makes the dolls. Together, they are a company and put on puppet shows. One day, following a performance, the father dies of a stroke, leaving his children alone.

Director: Philippe Garrel, Jean-Claude Carrière
Producer: Edouard Weil, Laurine Pelassy
Screenwriter: Arlette Langmann, Philippe Garrel, Caroline Deruas-Garrel
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French
Runtime: 1h 35m