It is based on a True story and incident around life of Emmanuel Giboulout
Gabriel Rivaian (Fred Testot) is a small farmer in Côte d'O a rural Southern French hinterland, who has learnt farming from his father. He works with one Moroccan refugee lady worker Loubona Tazain (Zineb Tikri) cultivates and grows wine in his farm
Gabriel disobeys a local district government's directive of sprinkling pesticides on his vineyard.
Gabriel believes that pesticides can not only give poor quality wine production but can kill future production capacity of that area and also cause severe diseases on farmers and wine-drinkers
There are numerous pressures on him from everyone in his village and co-farmers.
He is even arrested after a small scrabble with another farmer. Even his house is broken into - his dog poisoned, and his Moroccan worker Loubona is charged with illegal migrant status and tried to send back to Morocco Gabriel marries Loubona to avoid her deportation.
The good thing is that when this case appears in local papers - it catches media frenzy and interest. Lawyers and journalists build up support for Gabriel's cause and move social media to garner support.
The media, lawyer and journalist also are able to associate cases of cancer among those families of farmers who used pesticides in their vineyards.
By the time the case comes for hearing - the local farmers who were opposing him give positive testimony in court and the judgment comes in Gabriel's favor
Actress turned Director Marion Laine has done a marvelous job in being honest with the actual events that made headlines in France.
The casting is superb and feels real. Fred Testot has done marvelous acting in depicting his pain under pressure without giving in. A special mention has to be made of Zineb Tikri - the female lead who is extremely beautiful and has acted very well.
Unlike other movies this biographical movie does not dwell much into un-necessary sub-plots and keeps the audiences engaged throughout with a tightly written script
I would go with 7 out of 10 for this well researched and well made movie - which is much relevant in today's greedy world where profit through marketed means stands above moral, ethical, conscience with regard to climate change and exploiting the planet.
Gabriel Rivaian (Fred Testot) is a small farmer in Côte d'O a rural Southern French hinterland, who has learnt farming from his father. He works with one Moroccan refugee lady worker Loubona Tazain (Zineb Tikri) cultivates and grows wine in his farm
Gabriel disobeys a local district government's directive of sprinkling pesticides on his vineyard.
Gabriel believes that pesticides can not only give poor quality wine production but can kill future production capacity of that area and also cause severe diseases on farmers and wine-drinkers
There are numerous pressures on him from everyone in his village and co-farmers.
He is even arrested after a small scrabble with another farmer. Even his house is broken into - his dog poisoned, and his Moroccan worker Loubona is charged with illegal migrant status and tried to send back to Morocco Gabriel marries Loubona to avoid her deportation.
The good thing is that when this case appears in local papers - it catches media frenzy and interest. Lawyers and journalists build up support for Gabriel's cause and move social media to garner support.
The media, lawyer and journalist also are able to associate cases of cancer among those families of farmers who used pesticides in their vineyards.
By the time the case comes for hearing - the local farmers who were opposing him give positive testimony in court and the judgment comes in Gabriel's favor
Actress turned Director Marion Laine has done a marvelous job in being honest with the actual events that made headlines in France.
The casting is superb and feels real. Fred Testot has done marvelous acting in depicting his pain under pressure without giving in. A special mention has to be made of Zineb Tikri - the female lead who is extremely beautiful and has acted very well.
Unlike other movies this biographical movie does not dwell much into un-necessary sub-plots and keeps the audiences engaged throughout with a tightly written script
I would go with 7 out of 10 for this well researched and well made movie - which is much relevant in today's greedy world where profit through marketed means stands above moral, ethical, conscience with regard to climate change and exploiting the planet.
