The Field of Enchantment

December. 19,2011

Rating：

6.3

Genre：

Documentary Family

Keywords：

Woman Director Human Vs Nature Mother Nature

Trailer Synopsis Cast

A man remembers holidays at his uncle in a little village in the French countryside when he was something like 10. He feels so bored until he finds a pond and starts discovering the life in it.

Denis Podalydès as Le narrateur (voice)

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Reviews

Humaira Grant

2011/12/19

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

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Kaelan Mccaffrey

2011/12/20

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

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Mathilde the Guild

2011/12/21

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

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Juana

2011/12/22

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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av-ankur

2011/12/23

Basically more like a National Geographic video, "La clé des champs" is still a magical film, even with its minimal storyline. As expected and as needed, the photography is magical, and there are a couple of moments when the frogs, amphibians and insects elicit a laugh or two, especially the frogs. The story is that of the world of a tiny pond, tiny to many eyes but vast and peopled with innumerable characters to the eyes of a tiny boy, the pond that will tell him how no one's ever lonely. The ending of the film is beautiful, and it lends impact to the story even if threadbare it is. The ending brings to mind Dostoyevsky's and Giono's beliefs, of how a seed dropped may bear fruit and hence how dropping of a seed is important rather than thinking whether it will yield fruit or not. The pond and its world was abandoned by humanity, but was the richest treasure for a little boy.

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