Rice Harvest

synopsis

Several women harvest rice as their repetitive movements create a natural visual rhythm. Veyre captures everyday work in the Japanese countryside, while composing the scene almost like a tableau vivant. The film combines documentary observation with the visual sensibility of early cinema.

biography

Gabriel Veyre (1871–1936), a French pharmacist, photographer and cinematographer for the Lumière company, filmed in Mexico, the Caribbean, Japan, China and French Indochina. His films combine travelogue observation with staged scenes, while also revealing how early cinema shaped the European view of the world.

film details

director:

Gabriel Veyre