It’s rare to find low budget, guerilla-style documentaries at major film festivals in these days of highly polished productions, but “To the Four Winds” hits the right political buttons, especially for France. Using an old Dv Cam, Michel Toesca filmed tenacious farmer Cédric Herrou over the course of three years as he welcomed refugees into his corner of the mountainous Roya valley, nestled along the French-Italian border. Clear in its focus on those assisting refugees rather than on the refugees themselves, the documentary charts the resilience of Herrou and a few other unintentional activists as they fight changeable law enforcement in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France’s southeast. “Four Winds” is a natural for human rights festivals and strands.
Most years, single farmer Herrou would be cultivating his olive trees, but beginning around 2015, he realized that scores of refugees, primarily from Africa, were crossing the wild terrain of the...
Most years, single farmer Herrou would be cultivating his olive trees, but beginning around 2015, he realized that scores of refugees, primarily from Africa, were crossing the wild terrain of the...
- 5/30/2018
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
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