The Son of the grocer

the Son of the grocer is a French film carried out by Eric Guirado.

Synopsis

It is the summer and Antoine must leave the city to help his mother who holds the grocer in a village of the south of France.

His/her father, patient, cannot drive any more the truck which supplies the isolated hamlets. Antoine then discovers the charm of these last inhabitants, all obstinate, funny, good - alive, sometimes nasty piece of work.

Antoine will find the country of his childhood, the love of life and perhaps the love…

Data sheet

Title: the Son of the grocer
Realizer: Eric Guirado
Scenario: Eric Guirado and Florence Vignon
Images: Brownish Laurent
Sound: Nicolas Favre
Music: Christophe Boutin
Production: Milèna Poylo and Gilles Sacuto
Production company: TS Production, the Rhone-Alps Cinema, StudioCanal
Distribution: Films of the Rhombus
Kind: comedy
Coming out date: August 15th 2007

Distribution

Nicolas Cazalé: Antoine
Clotilde Hesme: Claire
Daniel Duval: The father of Antoine
Jeanne Goupil: The mother of Antoine
Stéphan Guerin-Tillié: François
Liliane Rovère: Lucienne
Paul Crauchet: The father Clement
Chad Chenouga: Hassan
Benoit Giros: Fernand, the mechanic
Ludmilia Ruoso: Sophie

Around film

the buildings which were used for to install the grocer are the tourist office of Rosans but really accommodated a grocer in the past.
Eric Guirado wanted to carry out this film after having turned several documentary on the trades of itinerant tradesman.

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