Cousin Jules

Name: Cousin Jules
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 27, 2013
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 81

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Cinema Guild | Release Date: November 27, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: A rare combination of sophisticated movie-making technique (shot in CinemaScope and recorded in stereo) and content that is a veritable ode to the beauty of rural France, the simplicity of daily peasant life, and the nearly wordless intimacy of a lifelong relationship. Recording over a 5-year period, director Benicheti palpably captures theA rare combination of sophisticated movie-making technique (shot in CinemaScope and recorded in stereo) and content that is a veritable ode to the beauty of rural France, the simplicity of daily peasant life, and the nearly wordless intimacy of a lifelong relationship. Recording over a 5-year period, director Benicheti palpably captures the rhythms and rituals of blacksmith Jules Guiteaux and his wife Félicie as Jules dons wooden clogs and leather apron to begin work in his shop, while Félicie tends a vegetable
garden and prepares their meals. [The Cinema Guild]… Expand

Director: Dominique Benicheti

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 91 min

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Ty Burr

Feb 27, 2014

Cousin Jules is one of those rare experiences that’s rooted in the past yet feels very much of the moment. On top of that, it’s timeless. Read full review

The Playlist Diana Drumm

Dec 9, 2013

After years of being a long-lost gem, Cousin Jules has finally been found and is receiving its due as an innovative, meditative case study of rural life. Read full review

John DeFore

Nov 26, 2013

Rescued from decay after the director's 2011 death and looking radiant in a 2K restoration, this quiet gem is a time capsule whose potential audience may be small, but will be transported. Read full review

Zachary Wigon

Nov 26, 2013

Thoroughly transporting, the peacefulness and clarity of Cousin Jules can't help but reveal, by contrast, the restlessness and agitation too common to life today. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

Dec 3, 2013

Yet even as the timelessness of the human activity on display seduces with its serenity, it evokes in modern viewers a definite impatience with the impracticality of traditional rites and rhythms, perhaps only enjoyable in 90-minute doses. Read full review

David Fear

Nov 26, 2013

For 91 minutes, the pleasure of the Guiteauxes’ company is ours. We are ultimately the richer for it. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Nov 26, 2013

Cousin Jules is in many ways a wonder to see and hear, but there is less to it than meets the eye. Read full review

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May 15, 2014

Cousin Jules is the story of life of a couple living in a rural place where they are busy living their mundane and uneventful lives. Nothing interesting happens around them, nobody visits them, and nothing changes. They do the most menial tasks and the most joyous parts of their life seemsCousin Jules is the story of life of a couple living in a rural place where they are busy living their mundane and uneventful lives. Nothing interesting happens around them, nobody visits them, and nothing changes. They do the most menial tasks and the most joyous parts of their life seems to be drinking coffee together.

The movie is mostly dialogue-free but not boring. You always want to see what happens next. You are constantly craving for a change in their lives. When the husband shaves in front of a mirror, you start to think that maybe a guest would come or he would go to visit a friend. But nothing happens. Shaving is just another routine task that he does everyday.

Cousin Jules is a timeless reflect on our live. It is a touch on what it means to be a human, why life is worth living. We may live in a more modern time compared to the old couple in this movie but we are not much different from them anyway. We get up every morning like them, groom, prepare food, eat, work, and eat everyday. What do we do compared to this old couple that makes our lives more meaningful?… Expand

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