L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque (1993)

Original title

L'Arbre, le Maire et la Médiathèque

Directed by

Éric Rohmer

Genre

comedy drama

Country

France

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 78 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small town mayor wants to build a sports and culture center to boost his career. The plan upsets a local teacher and his daughter because it requires cutting down an old willow tree. The movie follows the arguments that come up about tradition versus new ideas.

lightheartedtalkativethoughtfulgentleleisurelywhimsicalreflective

What happens

The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque (French: L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque; known also as Les sept hasards) is a 1993 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Éric Rohmer. The film was shown at the 1993 Montreal World Film Festival where it received the FIPRESCI prize. The frame story involves the mayor of an isolated French village who, to further his political ambitions, secures a grant to build a sporting and cultural centre, but the necessary felling of a fine willow outrages the schoolteacher and his daughter. Within the frame there is much debate about the current state of France: city versus country, agriculture versus industry, conservatism versus progress, the environment versus growth. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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