[1] Set in Brittany from 1908–1918, two peasants marry, have a son, and live in traditional Breton ways which is three generations under one roof, a division of labor between the sexes, elders' stories at night, politics and religion during their little free time.

These are difficult times for them – la Chienne du Monde drives some to commit suicide; Ankou (death) is always a possibility.

Pierre is born into this provincial family, his lyric childhood interrupted by the outbreak of war and his father's conscription.

[2]Jackson Adler of Time Out London: Stressing the poverty, it caresses the eye with picturesque interiors worthy of any model village, while the peasants decked out in their national costumes look like delegates to a folk-lore congress.

Hardly another Tree of Wooden Clogs, but it does have charm, sparks of Chabrol clownery, and plenty of intriguing information about superstitions and customs.