The Grocer’s Son, the Mayor, the Village and the World...

    • Claire Simon
    • France, Belgium
    • 2020
    • 111 min
    • World Premiere
    • IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary
    In the village of Lussas, France, some people meet up in an old house which used to be the town grocery. Today, it is transformed into the headquarters of quite an unexpected business venture for this rural village. The group is busy creating a SVOD platform for art house documentary films.

    Credits

    Director
    Claire Simon
    Production
    Rebecca Houzel for Petit à Petit Production
    Involved TV Channel
    RTBF

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    World Sales
    Andana Films
    Festival Handling
    Grégory Bétend for Andana Films

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    111', DCP

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