Poultry-Yard
Two girls do one of their chores. Standing alongside a tree-lined farmhouse, two children who are about ten and four years old toss grain to a flock of about 50 domesticated ducks. A woman watches them briefly and then moves on. The older girl has her grain in a bucket, the younger one's grain is in her apron. The children stay in one spot, as does the camera; it's the ducks that move around. Chickens are in the background; only one braves the ducks' territory.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | Basse-cour |
| Year | 1896 |
| Country | France |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Louis Lumière |
| Runtime | 1 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 4.4/10 (19 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The film constructs its frame as a living painting, relying on a static observational point and the natural movement within it. It explores a simple domestic ritual to capture a slice of late 19th-century rural life.
What lingers after viewing is the meditative rhythm of the everyday, where the primary action is the dance of ducks around still children. It's a quiet window into a vanished tempo. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Louis Lumière
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Watch in silence, like a moving photograph from the past, ideally in the morning light.
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