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THE LEARNER

by Samuel Collardey

synopsis

Fifteen-year-old Mathieu lives with his worker mother, who is separated from an unreliable husband who is practically absent from the boy's life. Mathieu is a student in a farming institute and he goes to a farm in the High Doubs, in eastern France, to do his apprenticeship. Studies and work soon become interlinked via the relationship the boy develops with Paul, the old owner of the farm, who acts as his tutor and in whom he finds the paternal figure he has always needed. For Mathieu, the apprenticeship therefore turns out to be an opportunity to take a look at himself, the experiences of his own family and the dramas that, in each of our lives, govern our personal feelings and those towards our family.

international title: The Learner
original title: L'Apprenti
country: France
sales agent: Urban Sales
year: 2008
genre: documentary
directed by: Samuel Collardey
film run: 85'
release date: FR 03/08/2008
screenplay: Samuel Collardey, Catherine Paillé
cast: Mathieu Bulle
cinematography by: Samuel Collardey
film editing: Julien Lacheray
music: Vincent Giraud
producer: Grégoire Debailly
production: Lazennec 3
distributor: TFM Distribution

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