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January 21

Films set in rural France in the 1950s and 1960s

I'm looking for French feature films (not documentaries) that were set and filmed in rural France in the 1950s and 1960s. Not period dramas, but films that were set in the time they were made, and depict real life in rural France in those decades. There's White Mane, but that's a short. Are there any others? --Viennese Waltz 08:35, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The one that springs to mind is La Guerre des boutons or War of the Buttons (1962 film), about rival gangs of schoolboys who run amok in the countryside around a French village. Alansplodge (talk) 11:00, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

And Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) about a mistreated donkey. As with most French films, this is a stern allegory rather than a gooey Disney feel-good movie (spoiler, it doesn't end well for the donkey). Alansplodge (talk) 13:41, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There's a couple of lists on the French wikipedia, the first for films from the 1950s and the second fro films from the 1960s: [1] and [2]. It includes only major films that have articles. This would be a good place to start your research. Xuxl (talk) 13:38, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Our lists and cats for filming locations is very hit and miss. For example, we don't seem to have a List of Films Shot in France page like we do for, say, List of films shot in Almería. We do have lists such as List of French films of 1953 (and very many similarly titled ones listed here), though being produced in France doesn't mean it was actually shot there, rural areas or no. But maybe it's a place to start? For example, Endless Horizons might fit the bill (I'm guessing aviatrices don't learn to fly in urban settings). Matt Deres (talk) 17:13, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]