Small Farmer

director: Pavol Sýkora

original title: Malý gazda

year: 1969

running time: 16 min.

synopsis

A portrait of a boy sent to work in a farmer’s household, where he attends the local school. It captures not only the hard work he performs, but also those times when he plays with a dog and his frequent cigarette breaks. The documentary uses observational scenes of activities that at some points present even idyllic images of a human connected with nature.

“ … the small farmer Jano longs for only one thing – to return from a society he does not understand, one which is foreign to him, to his solitude, back to nature…’ Rudolf Urc

biography

more about film

director:	Pavol Sýkora
producer:	Vojtěch Mladý
script:	Pavol Sýkora
photography:	Mikuláš Fodor
editing:	Stanislava Jendraššáková
music:	Ján Szelepcsényi
sound:	Eduard Palček

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