THE GROCER’S SON

A film by Éric Guirado

French Distribution • International Sales

THE GROCER’S SON

A film by Éric Guirado

With
Nicolas Cazalé, Clotilde Hesme, Daniel Duval, Jeanne Goupil, Stéphan Guérin Tillié, Liliane Rovère, Paul Crauchet, Chad Chenouga, Benoît Giros, Ludmila Ruoso

French Distribution • International Sales

Releases
French Release on 15-08-2007

Synopsis
Joie de vivre is contagious. Antoine rediscovers life in the hills, and maybe love. It’s summer and Antoine has to leave the city to help his mother in the family grocery store in a village in Provence. His father is sick and unable to drive the truck from hamlet to hamlet, delivering to the few remaining inhabitants. Antoine is pleasantly surprised by his encounters with the villagers – stubborn, funny, irascible folk whose

« Un conte moderne dans la ligne droite d’un Pagnol »

Télérama

« Chronique tendre d’un monde que le cinéma français filme peu, Le Fils de l’Epicier est un de ces films qui cultivent la discrétion comme une qualité, et qui ont raison. »

Première

« Un regard intense et délicat »

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Information

Producers: Miléna Poylo, Gilles Sacuto (TS Productions)
Co-producers: Rhône Alpes Cinéma
France Distribution: Les Films du Losange
International Sales: Les Films du Losange

Participation: Canal+
Support: la Région Rhônes Alpes, la Région Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur, Centre National de la Cinématographie
Nationalities: France

Script: Eric Guirado, Florence Vignon
Cinematographer: Laurent Brunet
Editing: Pierre Haberer
Sound: Nicolas Favre
Production Designer: Valérie Faynot
Costumes: Ann Dunsford
Music: Christophe Boutin

Duration: 1 h 36
Sound Format: Stereo DTS SR
Visa: 111 585
Production Year: 2007