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Bertrand's Farm

Bertrand's Farm

Representation Score

3.9/10

Limited

2024

Director

Gilles Perret

Runtime

89 minutes

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Bertrand's Farm serves as a longitudinal sociological study of a specific micro-community in France. It excels at documenting temporal shifts and the evolution of social structures over twenty-five years. The film provides meaningful insight into gendered shifts in agricultural management. By centering Hélène, it disrupts traditional patriarchal hierarchies inherent in historical farming narratives. However, the work operates within a very narrow demographic framework. It lacks broader multicultural or LGBTQ+ representation, focusing instead on a homogeneous rural setting.

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Category Breakdown

Does Bertrand's Farm have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film focuses on the generational transition of a dairy farm in a traditional rural setting. There are no LGBTQ+ characters or non-straight relationships within the documented scope.

How does Bertrand's Farm portray gender?

Fair

The narrative highlights a shift in leadership from three bachelor brothers to Hélène, who becomes the primary manager. Her role provides a nuanced view of women's ability to drive the story in a male-dominated industry.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Bertrand's Farm?

Limited

Set in Haute-Savoie, France, the documentary centers on a specific local farming family. The narrative reflects a homogeneous rural community without multicultural intersections or diverse casting.

How does Bertrand's Farm represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film explores the social and economic history of the rural world. It examines the systemic pressures and vulnerabilities of agrarian life through a longitudinal lens.

Does Bertrand's Farm include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no information available regarding the depiction of physical or neurodivergent disabilities in this work.

Present on Screen

  • Provides a nuanced depiction of women's ability to drive the story and leadership within the traditionally male-dominated agricultural industry.
  • Offers a deep, longitudinal look at the evolution of social and economic structures in rural communities over decades.

Limited or Absent

  • Lacks racial and ethnic diversity, focusing on a homogeneous community that does not reflect broader multicultural intersections.
  • Provides no visible representation of LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight relationships within the narrative scope.

Official Synopsis

1972 in Haute-Savoie (France) : the Bertrand's farm, with a hundred dairy cows owned by three bachelor brothers, is filmed for the first time. In 1997, they were the subject of Gilles Perret's first movie, as they let their farm to their nephew Patrick and his wife Hélène. Nowadays, 25 years later, Gilles Perret take another look at this farm, managed by Hélène who will step down. Through their words, an intimate, social and economic history of the rural world.

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