Pour le Mistral

“The Mistral is the means to discover life in the Provence. This regional wind operates on all levels. Human, cultural, economic, social, historical, geographical. It also touches the agriculture and architecture of the Midi region. The Mistral changes the atmosphère, torments the land and man, who is forced to seek shelter…”(Extract from Joris Ivens’ original personal notes. First version, September 1963)