Leader-Sheep

    Leader-Sheep
    2011

    Synopsis

    Marizette, Christiane, Pierre, Léon, José... are some of the actors, funny and moving, of an incredible struggle, that of the peasants of Larzac against the State, confrontation of the weak against the strong, which united them in a merciless fight to save their lands. A determined and joyful fight, but sometimes also trying and perilous. It all began in 1971, when the government, through its Defense Minister Michel Debré, declared that the Larzac military camp must expand. Radical, the anger spreads like wildfire, the peasants mobilize and sign an oath: they will never give up their land. In the daily face to face with the army and the police, they will deploy treasures of imagination to make their voices heard. Soon hundreds of Larzac committees will be born throughout France... Ten years of resistance, collective intelligence and solidarity, which will carry them to victory.

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    Cast

    • José Bové
    • Léon Maille
    • Pierre Burguière
    • Christiane Burguière
    • Marizette Tarlier
    • Michel Courtin
    • Christian Roqueirol
    • Pierre Bonnefous
    • Michèle Vincent

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    • nougat
      This is a great and lively documentary about a bunch of peasants resisting to the French state in the 70s. Commited and organized, they managed to rally a large leftist movement behind them although most of them were initially quite conservative.

      Created on 8/10/2013

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