Narrative
The Grocer’s Son
Directed by: Eric Guirado
(Q&A with filmmaker after screening)
In this surprise French box-office hit, sullen thirty-year-old Antoine is summoned from Paris to
his family home in Provence. His father is ill, and Antoine has no choice but to resume the life he
thought he’d escaped: to drive the family grocery cart from hamlet to hamlet, delivering groceries and
supplies to their few hardy inhabitants. Joined by Claire, a friend and secret crush from Paris, Antoine,
initially brusque and detached, begrudgingly warms to the experience and his encounters with
the alternately eccentric, gruff and endearing villagers. This is the second feature directed by Éric
Guirado, who prepared for it by filming portraits of mobile tradespeople in Corsica, the Pyrenees
and the Alps for 18 months. A delightful prodigal son tale of an urban Frenchman re-discovering
life and love in his native countryside.
(96 minutes) New York Times Critics Choice; Best Actor, Berlin International Film Festival.
(Q&A with filmmaker after screening)
In this surprise French box-office hit, sullen thirty-year-old Antoine is summoned from Paris to
his family home in Provence. His father is ill, and Antoine has no choice but to resume the life he
thought he’d escaped: to drive the family grocery cart from hamlet to hamlet, delivering groceries and
supplies to their few hardy inhabitants. Joined by Claire, a friend and secret crush from Paris, Antoine,
initially brusque and detached, begrudgingly warms to the experience and his encounters with
the alternately eccentric, gruff and endearing villagers. This is the second feature directed by Éric
Guirado, who prepared for it by filming portraits of mobile tradespeople in Corsica, the Pyrenees
and the Alps for 18 months. A delightful prodigal son tale of an urban Frenchman re-discovering
life and love in his native countryside.(96 minutes) New York Times Critics Choice; Best Actor, Berlin International Film Festival.
This program is made possible by the generous
support of
Colombi’s Market and Deli.
Colombi’s Market and Deli.
2010 Mendocino Film Festival