Georgica (2014)

Name: Georgica
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-01-03T10:18:21+01:00
Rating: 2.7

Documentary | 70 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 70 minuten

Country: Netherlands

Directed by: Katelijne Schrama

IMDb score: 5,4 (8)

Releasedate: 23 November 2014

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Georgica plot

"Over two thousand years ago, Vergilius wrote an ode to farming. Is there something to be found for a farmer in Flevoland that has not lost its relevancy?"

The Dutch farmer and politician Sicco Mansholt, as Minister and European Commissioner for Agriculture after the Second World War, was a great advocate of large-scale agriculture, regretted his policy in his twilight years. On his deathbed he is said to have read Virgil's classic didactic poem Georgica, in which Roman agriculture, forestry and viticulture, livestock and beekeeping are sung and lessons can be learned about the relationship between man and nature. That is the starting point of the film Georgica, which is a reflection on the achievements of large-scale agriculture in the Dutch Flevopolder.