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Black Earth

Movie·1961·0h 19m

Black Earth

Country

France

Language

French

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// overview

The Story

Original title: Terres noires

Pseudo-ethnological documents about two villages which, without roads and electricity, "stopped existing".

Cinematography

Jean Alavoine

Editor

Luc Moullet

Themes

mountainrural area

Audience Score

62%

6 votes

Skip13%
Timepass31%
Go for it36%
Perfection20%

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// cast

Cast

Françoise Vatel

Françoise Vatel

Narrator (voice)

// crew

Crew

Jean Alavoine

Director of Photography

Bernard Davidson

Director of Photography

Luc Moullet

Luc Moullet

Writer, Director, Editor

Agnès Guillemot

Editor

Hélène Plemiannikov

Editor

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