Le fils de l'épicier (2007)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Eric Guirado

Writers:

Eric Guirado (scenario) &
Florence Vignon (scenario) ...

Release Date:

6 June 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Village | Hospital | Grocer | Provence | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Nicolas Cazalé	...	Antoine Sforza
Clotilde Hesme	...	Claire
Daniel Duval	...	M. Sforza, le père d'Antoine
Jeanne Goupil	...	Mme Sforza, la mère d'Antoine
Stéphan Guérin-Tillié	...	François Sforza, le frère d'Antoine
Liliane Rovère	...	Lucienne
Paul Crauchet	...	Le père Clément
Chad Chenouga	...	Hassan l'épicier
Ludmila Ruoso	...	Sophie
Benoît Giros	...	Fernand, le mécano
Gilles Chabrier	...	Le chef de rang
Jean-Luc Boucherot	...	Le docteur village
Gilberte Muguet	...	Mamie baskets
Christophe Mirabel	...	Le père du petit garçon
Odile Tommy Martin	...	Mamie escargot

Also Known As:

The Grocer's Son (USA) (literal English title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Sweden:Btl | Taiwan:PG-12 | Netherlands:AL | Australia:M | Germany:o.Al.

Filming Locations:

Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France

Company:

TS Productions

Trivia:

Director Eric Guirado spent time observing actual village merchants as research for the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Antoine brings his mother to his apartment at the beginning of the movie, they enter from the staircase via a white door. Few seconds later when he exits the apartment to bring coffee to his mother from his neighbor, he exit to the staircase via the brown door.

A real clunker

This film would serve as a sleep aid. If you want to run a grocery store see this film. Otherwise, don't waste your time (even for rental. This is one of the most boring films ever made. There is ZERO development of relationships. There is no explanation of why the lead left his home 10 years ago. The romance has no reason,background or development. The female lead has no more than a cameo role and we gather nothing about her personal life, including parents, point of origin. We have no understanding of the male lead. Whats he been doing for 10 years? What is his profession. His brother is a hairdresser (WOW) The feelings between father and son are never explained (I gather the father was and is, a SOB). I gather a lot of the people in the film were not real actors (and neither were the professionals!! If didn't feel the need to get out of the house, we agreed we would NEVER have watched on DVD. Please skip this French DUD!!