MODERN SHEPHERDESS

JEUNE BERGÈRE

LUX FOR FILM - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2018

A portrait of a 30-year-old woman who left Paris to restart in Normandy working as a shepherdess

Festivals
& Awards

Ecologos 2018
Pastoralisme et grands espaces 2018
Traces de vie 2018
Environmental Film Festival DC 2019
Best International Film
Hébrides Int Film Fest 2019
Another Way Film Festival 2019
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • FRANCE
    • Languages
    • FRENCH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 91 mn
    • Synopsis
    • A few years ago, Stéphanie left her Parisian life for the vast salt meadows of the Cherbourg Peninsula. The former graphic designer discovered a deep connection with this land by the sea where she now raises sheep. Here, she has reinvented herself. In pursuing her new calling, the single mother became the manager of a farm. It needs to be profitable, as this is the leitmotif of our time that even small farmers cannot escape from. She must also face up to neighbors who are hostile to the stranger that she still remains in their eyes. Through her courage, creativity, and strength of character, Stéphanie aims to evade the birds of ill omen and win her freedom. This is the story of a shepherdess that invites us to question our own desire to lead a life in keeping with who we really are.