Faces Places Page #2

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We drained her whole tank!

You know, I often think

of Jeanine and her father.

I wonder how long

she'll hold out in her home.

Attachment to a home

is a powerful thing.

I'm more the type

who goes here and there.

It's nice here.

It is pretty nice.

Too bad you can't reach the ground.

You're stuck.

You need me to help you down.

I'm ruining myself. My legs, my eyes.

You look blurry.

Here's what I suggest.

We get as many images as we can

before it's too late.

Too late for me?

That's not what I meant.

You said it.

We're getting to know each other,

but let's discuss our film.

What I liked

was meeting amazing people

by chance.

So you want to carry on that way,

with no plan or itinerary?

Yes. Chance has always been

my best assistant.

Do you think chance

will work for both of us?

Maybe...

If I give you some melon,

can we set out again?

Alright. But where?

I met this guy hitchhiking.

Let's go see him.

You're visiting our region?

Yes, actually,

we're looking for walls

where we can paste large photos.

What kind of photos?

Pictures of people. Folks we meet.

Like you.

Is this your barn?

Yes.

I'd love to paste something on it.

We're in Chrence.

Yet another coincidence,

I know this village well.

I came to see Nathalie Sarraute,

a writer I liked and admired.

Her house was 100 yards

from this barn.

You're a farmer. How big is your farm?

How many workers?

My farm is 500 acres.

I work alone.

500 acres, all alone?

Yes. 500 acres, alone.

I also do contract work

for other people.

I give them a quote.

For example,

it could be just for harvesting.

I have set rates.

It costs so much per acre, period.

I can also do a job from A to Z,

from sowing,

planting the seeds in the ground,

up through the harvest.

When you add my 1,500-acre

contract work to my own farm,

I'm farming 2,000 acres.

I love innovation.

Tractors today are loaded

with computerized technology.

I get a real kick out of that.

I've got my tractors,

the tools I hitch behind the tractors,

my two combine harvesters,

a rotary harrow,

a plough,

a tine stubble cultivator,

a seed drill,

a roller-compactor and a tiller.

So you don't do anything.

Nowadays,

I consider myself

a passenger in the tractor.

How has that changed your job?

Is it better or worse now?

We've grown antisocial, naturally.

In the past,

farmers with 500-acre farms

would employ at least 3 or 4 people,

whereas today...

Today you farm 2,000 acres.

Today I work alone,

and I farm 2,000 acres.

Alone.

Do you like being alone?

I do like it,

but I'm glad I can go home

to my family every night.

I'm imagining that guy on his tractor,

2,000 acres sprawling out before him...

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