Paysan et Rebelle - Un portrait de Bernard Lambert

"The ones you call ringleaders are the ones who get up before daybreak". (Jean Jaurès)
By tracing the life of Bernard Lambert, a farmer in Loire-Atlantique, member of parliament at the age of 27, then a mythical figure in demonstrations by farmers in the West of the country in the 1970s, founder of the "Paysans tranquilles" movement and spiritual father of José Bové, Paysan et Rebelle goes back to the beginning of today’s farmers’ protest movement and covers a half century of evolution of agriculture in France.
It is also a group portrait, since Bernard Lambert’s story is told by his friends and family, his companions in battle, his wife Marie-Paule, his JAC friends, his PSU pals or those from "Paysans travailleurs", unknown or "personalities" : Henri Leclerc, Michel Rocard, José Bové... all of whom talk about themselves while talking of him, composing a tale with many voices, both an extraordinary biography and a historical fresco, a story of ideas and a story of people mixed together.