Ballad for a Cowboy
A road. Today. In the United States.
As the heroes of John Huston’s film « The Misfits », some cowboys are expecting from their next rodeo the fulfilment of promises of a better life. For that, the road is long and sometimes needs to pass through the Nevada desert.
Type (Documentaire / Documentaire fiction / Série documentaire)DocumentaryGenre en anglaisSociety & EconomyDirected by Frédéric LaffontSupported by Angoa-Agicoa, CNC, ProcirepFestival(s)Official Selection, Humanity Explored (San Francisco, 2010)Year2005Duration52min
They hope they will be given the right horse. Falling, hurting oneself, not mentioning it to the insurance company for fear of losing it, dreaming about a ranch at the end of the road, going on the road again for another few hundred miles…
People who fight : against horses’ kicks, road miles, the electricity bill of their mobile home.
A rodeo cowboy’s life.
Press coverage
A documentary (...) about those legendary figures of the Western and their heirs lost in modernity.
Le Monde
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