The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

“An essential document of an exemplary intellect, one who has as much to impart to the 21st century as he did to the 20th.”—New York Times

John Berger’s longtime friend Tilda Swinton calls him “a radical humanist,” which is much more efficient than calling him a brilliant polymath who is a painter, art critic/historian (Ways of Seeing), screenwriter (La Salamandre), essayist, poet, Marxist, philosopher, and self-styled peasant. Four filmmakers take a seasonal approach to filming Berger in the French Alps farming village where he’s lived since 1973. Combining motifs from his work with atmospheric footage of the stunning countryside, the film provides a much more moving and multifaceted portrait than a conventional documentary ever could. (90 mins., DCP)