The Horse of Pride (1985)

In early twentiethcentury Brittany two peasants marry have a son and live in traditional Breton ways three generations under one roof a division of labor between the sexes elders stories at night politics and religion during their little free time Times are hard la Chienne du Monde drives some to suicide Ankou death is close at hand Pierre is born into this republican family his lyric childhood interrupted by the outbreak of war and his fathers conscription He learns his catechism and as a child of a Reds also reveres school His grandfather and father often put him on their shoulders giving him a ride on the horse of pride