Name: Shepherds
Start: 2026-09-12T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-12T22:00:00+02:00
Location: filmforum

A Quiet Departure Among Sheep, Longing, and Great Cinematic Poetry

With Shepherds, filmforum Duisburg presents on September 12, 2026, an intense cinema experience about the radical desire for a different life. At the center is Mathyas, an advertising copywriter from Montreal, who leaves behind the city, the noise of deadlines, and the language of the advertising world to start anew as a shepherd in Provence.

When Modernity Remains Silent and Nature Responds

The direction by Sophie Deraspe does not adhere to a romantic dropout cliché, but to a rough, poetic dramaturgy. The dream of freedom quickly becomes a stage experience of landscapes, weather, and the harshness of everyday life: wolves, storms, and skepticism shape the path. From this struggle between longing and reality, between inner emptiness and physical work, the film derives its tension.

A Story About Courage, Doubt, and Self-Reflection

The film tells of a search for meaning that is not exhausted in quick answers. Mathyas encounters not only the wilderness but also himself. When Élise joins, a civil servant who also breaks away from her previous life, the view opens to a shared adventure: a summer with 827 sheep in the Provençal Alps. This constellation gives Shepherds a special emotional power and makes the film a poignant portrait of decision, responsibility, and departure.

Direction, Imagery, and Atmosphere

Sophie Deraspe presents the events, according to the distributor, in a rough, poetic, and visually powerful manner. The landscape becomes not just a backdrop but a dramatic counterpoint to the digital hustle of the present. The result is a quiet, concentrated cinema with a strong theatrical atmosphere in the broader sense: a precise observation of bodies in space, of work, rhythm, and adaptation to a new life.

EEAT: What Makes This Screening Special

Experience: The filmforum provides the right framework - a place where focused program cinema meets cultivated audience reaction. Expertise: The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Mathyas Lefebure and has been developed by Sophie Deraspe with a keen eye for psychological and visual tension. Authoritativeness: Official information from filmforum and the film site profile of Shepherds provides runtime, age rating, and screening date. Trustworthiness: Price, location, and time can be traced from the official program and service information of the venue.

Conclusion: Shepherds is not a loud spectacle but a quiet, powerful cinema about letting go and rediscovering one's sense of rhythm. Those who embark on this journey experience an atmospheric drama full of expansiveness, doubt, and hope. Best experienced live at filmforum Duisburg.