Mills of Time

A film by Pauline Rigal
46 minutes / Essay / No dialogue / 2025

Synopsis
In the Cevennes mountains, on the wild banks of a river, Philip has been single-handedly restoring for the past thirty years a 17th-century water mill and the adjoining irrigation system. Every spring, his work is destroyed by rainstorms. This year, Tristan has come to help. Following the water’s path, they work together, pausing, resting, sharing moments of calm.

With Philip Cockle, Tristan Joomun

Written and directed by Pauline Rigal
Image: Michaël Capron
Assistant camera: Anouk Moyaux
Sound: Zoé Leber Cohen
Location management: Constantin Jopeck
Trainee: Léo Rump
Editing : Pauline Rigal
Sound editing and mixing: Clovis Stocchetti
Color grading: Clovis Stocchetti

Produced by Gaëlle Jones, Perspective Films

With the financing support of Région Occitanie, in partnership with CNC
of Mécènes du Sud Montpellier – Sète
of the Parc national des Cévennes

With the support of Studio Cinéma de l’École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts Paris-Cergy in industry
of l’Abominable – Navire Argo
and Atelier 105 – Light Cone, Paris