LUCIEN POUËDRAS, REMEMBER THE BOCAGE

by Serge Steyer
2026 – 52 minutes – France

In 1960, when Lucien Pouëdras returned from Algeria, bulldozers had destroyed the landscape of his childhood in the countryside around Lorient. From this traumatic upheaval emerged a body of work that chronicles life in the bocage through the changing seasons. Nearly five hundred paintings in which he depicts himself as a child in the company of his parents, his brothers and sisters, and the neighbours with whom life and work were shared. Lucien Pouëdras, remember the bocage immerses us in the story of what was once a self-sufficient way of life, between hardship and simple joys, in harmony with nature.

a Les Films de la pluie, Ana Films, Tébéo, Tébésud et TVR, les chaînes locales de Bretagne production
with the support of la Région Bretagne in partnership with le CNC
with the participation of le Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée
and of the Nature et Traditions du Pays d’Auray- Écomusée du Pays d’Auray Association

Written & directed by Serge Steyer
Director assistant : Kilian Jarno
Editing : Serge Steyer, Cédric Jouan
Sound editing & sound mix : Edgar Imbault
Color grading : Nico Peltier
Original music : Thomas Charmetant