The Grocer's Son (2007)

- Original title
- Le Fils de l'épicier
- Directed by
- Éric Guirado
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- 0
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 51 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man returns to his family's rural grocery business in Provence and runs their mobile shop truck. He must reconnect with the elderly customers and his own relatives.
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What happens
The Grocer's Son (French : Le Fils de l'épicier) is a 2007 French drama film about a family that runs a grocery business in Provence, France; the business includes a single truck that travels the countryside making deliveries to customers. The director, Éric Guirado, had previously made television documentaries about traveling grocers in rural France. The film, released in France as Le Fils de l'épicier, was first presented as part of the 2007 Namur Francophone Film Festival. It was sufficiently successful that in 2008 subtitled versions were released internationally. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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