Summary
Antoine Sforza, a thirty-year-old young man, left his village ten years before in order to start a new life in the big city, but now that his father, a traveling grocer, is in hospital after a stroke, he more or less reluctantly accepts to come back to replace him in his daily rounds.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+18)
Critics 90Audiences 72GoodWatch 80
Tomatometer90%
Audience score75%
IMDb6.9
Running time
1 h 36 min
Shorter than most dramas, −13 min on the typical 109
typical 10996Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
2007
June 15, 2007
19 years ago
Genres
DramaComedyLanguage
French
Original language
Made in
France
César Awards2008
- Most Promising Actor2008Nominated
and 10 more13 people
- Nicolas CazaléAntoine
- Clotilde HesmeClaire
- Daniel DuvalPère d’Antoine
- Jeanne GoupilMère d’Antoine
- Liliane RovèreLucienne
- Paul CrauchetLe Père Clément
- Chad ChenougaHassan
- Benoît GirosFernand
Ludmila RuosoSophie
Stéphan Guérin-TilliéFrançois
Gilles ChabrierLe chef de rang
Jean-Luc BoucherotLe docteur village
Christophe MirabelPère petit garçon
Directing · 1
- Éric Guirado Director, Screenplay
Writing · 1
- Florence Vignon Screenplay
Production · 3
- Gilles Sacuto Producer
- Miléna Poylo Producer
- Brigitte Moidon Casting
Camera · 1
- Laurent Brunet Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Pierre Haberer Editor
Sound · 2
- Christophe Boutin Music
- Nicolas Favre Sound Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Ann Dunsford Costume Design
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