

Farrebique, or the Four Seasons
Farrebique, the first feature-length effort of French documentary filmmaker Georges Rouqier, is widely regarded as his finest film. Rouqier concentrates on a single French farm family, following them through the four seasons. As in the works of Robert Flaherty, the human characters and the land surrounding them are "one", and Rouqier never misses an opportunity to parallel their lives with the eons-old phases of nature. The final symbolic images of Spring, achieved through time-lapse photography, are almost unbearably beautiful. The winner of several festival awards, Farrebique nonetheless did not immediately result in an outpouring of financing for Rouqier's follow-up films (this was a common problem in the financially strapped French film industry of the 1940s). Perhaps as a result, Rouqier did not make his sequel, Biquefarre (filmed in the same region, with some of the same "actors"), until 1983.
TMDB
6.7/10
22 votes
- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
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- Language
- French
- farm worker
- farm life
- pyrenees mountain ridge
- farm house
- social documentary
- isolated farmhouse
- local farmers
- farmer family
- observational documentary
- simple life
- labor documentary
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York City, New York23 Feb 1948
- Theatrical (limited)Museum of Modern Art31 May 1973
United KingdomGB
- PremiereEdinburgh International Film Festival31 Aug 1947
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical2 Apr 1949
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival1 Sept 1946
- Theatrical11 Feb 1947
- PremiereCannes Film Festival (Digitally Restored Version)13 May 2016
GermanyDE
- PremiereMannheim Film Festival17 Oct 1964
- TV5 Oct 1969
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice Film Festival15 Sept 1947
NetherlandsNL
- PremiereAmsterdam International Documentary Film Festival7 Dec 1995
- PremiereAmsterdam International Documentary Film Festival15 Nov 2018
PortugalPT
- Theatrical (limited)Cinemateca Portuguesa16 Nov 1984
SwedenSE
- Theatrical30 Aug 1948
Frequently asked questions
- When was Farrebique, or the Four Seasons released?
- Farrebique, or the Four Seasons was released on 11 February 1947.
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- What is the rating of Farrebique, or the Four Seasons?
- Farrebique, or the Four Seasons holds a 6.7/10 audience score from 22 votes.
- Who directed Farrebique, or the Four Seasons?
- Farrebique, or the Four Seasons (1947) was directed by Georges Rouquier.
- How long is Farrebique, or the Four Seasons?
- Farrebique, or the Four Seasons runs for 1h 31m.












