The Grocer's Son
- 2007
- France
- 1h 39min
- 12A
- Directed by: Eric Guirado
- Cast: Nicolas Cazalé, Clotilde Hesme, Daniel Duval
The fatted calf is swapped for a mobile grocer's van in documentarian Guirado's likeably breezy fictional debut, a take on the prodigal son fable. When his father becomes sick, Paris-based waiter Antoine (Cazalé) agrees to return to the rural area he grew up, and as the summer unfolds, transforms from curmudgeon deliveryman into someone crucial to the disparate community.
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The Grocer’s Son (Le Fils de l'Epicier)
14 May 2009
(12A) 99min The fatted calf is swapped for a mobile grocer’s van in documentarian Eric Guirado’s likeably breezy fictional debut, a take on the prodigal son fable. When his father becomes sick, Paris-based waiter Antoine (Nicolas Cazalé) agrees to…
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