Happily married to Sandrine, Pierre Fouques also known as Raboliot is the father of two young children. He would live a steady life hadn't he a passion for poaching, which gets him into a lot of trouble. Because of the nastiness of Bourrel, the gamekeeper, of the jealousy of other poachers, he becomes a hunted man who, in order to defend himself, is driven to commit a crime.
Acting
Bertheau's descent from proud family man to cornered animal.
Cinematography
Misty forests that feel like characters watching.
Director
Jacques Daroy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Maurice Genevoix's 1925 novel, a cornerstone of 'romans de la terre' celebrating rural French identity while exposing its brutal hierarchies.
Daroy filmed in actual Sologne forests where poaching wars were real; local hunters reportedly threatened the crew for depicting their world too honestly.
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