In Lussas, in the South of France, a small group of people has gathered in what used to be the village grocery store. Among the vineyards and orchards of cherry trees in blossom, a business is being set up that is quite unique in the rural world: an ultra-modern platform for broadcasting documentary films on the Internet. Claire Simon delivers a spin-off of nine-hour opus The Village, an exhilarating pilgrimage to the same small-scale Utopia, to deliver a gentle, lucid statement about the beauty of imagining an alternative way of life.
The Grocer’s Son, the Mayor, the Village and the World
Le Fils de l’épicière, le Maire, le Village et le Monde
23rd TDF: Greek Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Claire Simon
- Cinematography: Claire Simon
- Editing: Luc Forveille
- Sound: Virgile Van Ginneken, Elias Boughedir, Nathalie Vidal, Aline Gavroy
- Music: Nicolas Repac
- Production: Petit à Petit Production
- Producers: Rebecca Houzel
- Co-production: Les Films de la caravane, Clin d’oeil films
- Co-producers: Madeline Robert, Hanne Phlypo, Julie Freres
- Format: Digital File
- Color: Color
- Production Country: France, Belgium
- Production Year: 2020
- Duration: 111'
- Contact: Andana Films
Claire Simon
Filmography
1976 Madeleine (short fiction)
1980 Tandis que j’agonise
1989 Les Patients
1995 Coûte que coûte
2002 Mimi 2008 God’s Offices (fiction)
2013 Gare du Nord (fiction)
2015 Le Bois dont les rêves sont faits
2016 The Competition
2018 Young Solitude
2019 The Village
2020 Le Fils de l’épicière, le Maire, le Village et le Monde | The Grocer’s Son, the Mayor, the Village and the World
1980 Tandis que j’agonise
1989 Les Patients
1995 Coûte que coûte
2002 Mimi 2008 God’s Offices (fiction)
2013 Gare du Nord (fiction)
2015 Le Bois dont les rêves sont faits
2016 The Competition
2018 Young Solitude
2019 The Village
2020 Le Fils de l’épicière, le Maire, le Village et le Monde | The Grocer’s Son, the Mayor, the Village and the World
