CRITICAL – In a poignant documentary, broadcast at 10:50 p.m., Rodolphe Marconi follows the daily life of Cyrille, a dairy producer who, despite his efforts, cannot make a living from his farm.
Let’s face it, this documentary by Rodolphe Marconi, Cyrille, farmer, 30 years old, 20 cows, milk, butter and debts is without a doubt the most sensitive, the most remarkable, the harshest there is. Deserves a palme d’or. It starts like this: the sound of footsteps, of boots, in a forest crushing leaves … Then the director’s voice: “July 2018. For three days, on the Atlantic coast, a boy has stepped into the sea up to his knees. No more. He never bathes. ” It was the first time that Cyrille had taken a little vacation. Why didn’t he bathe? Quite simply because he cannot swim. The thirty-something is a dairy farmer in Auvergne. He’s already a bit at the end of his rope. He gets up early to milk his cows, which he calls his “little girls”.
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He started on his parents’ farm at the age of 8, bottle-fed calves and then raised his goats at the age of 10 before and after school. He’s a brave man, a volunteer. It
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