One Swallow Brought Spring

Name: One Swallow Brought Spring
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: March 21, 2003
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 64

2003

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Koch Lorber Films | Release Date: March 21, 2003

Summary: This film powerfully evokes the spectacular Rhone Alps, the beauty, simplicity and hardships of farm life, taking chances and dealing with the necessary sacrifices, the ever-present conflict between city and rural, past and present, the cycles of nature and life. (Films Philos)

Director: Christian Carion

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Runtime: 103 min

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Kevin Thomas

Wise, understated, warm and witty, it presents stars Michel Serrault and Mathilde Seigner in roles that fit them so perfectly they could have been tailor-made. Read full review

Ella Taylor

The Girl From Paris may not have half the smooth technique of "Swimming Pool," but it has 10 times the heart and soul. Read full review

Desson Thomson

The movie, which Carion wrote with Eric Assous, has a calming quality. The story moves slowly but, given the milieu and pace of life, this seems perfectly appropriate. Read full review

Dana Stevens

A quiet, slow-moving tale, very much in tune with the gradual rhythms of traditional agricultural life. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Carion and his gifted leads never take the easy way out. Instead, they let the characters get acquainted against the slow change of the seasons, taking their relationship along unexpected turns. Read full review

Jack Mathews

Moves as slowly and deliberately as it sounds, but Seigner and Serrault are extremely effective in roles often requiring them to work alone, or together in loaded but wordless exchanges. Read full review

Jessica Winter

The script offers neither a sustained narrative arc nor strong characterizations. Read full review

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PaulD.

Oct 15, 2005

Slow, but touching portrayal of two strong-willed people from different generations, developing a bond. Moving, but not sentimental, without facile answers, the movie lets you see the difficulties in both the land and in the characters.

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EpicLadySponge

Apr 18, 2016

That title seems messed up, or it must have been me because I'm always like that. Impatient scrubs wouldn't handle a movie like this because it moves slow and that's what makes a film great to watch.

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