The Grocer`s Son Press Kit
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1. Shooting Star Award for Outstanding Acting Nicolas Cazal Berlin Int Film Festival Nominated C sar Most Promising Actor Nicolas Cazal C sar Awards France Official Selection Rendez Vous with French Cinema German Int l Francophone Film Festival Belgian Int l Francophone Film Festival Lama Film Festival Cabourg Film Festival Int l FF of Kerala Festival du Film Francais au Japon AN INTERVIEW WITH ERIC GUIRADO How did you take an interest in traveling grocers A few years ago made a series of filmed portraits of traveling tradesmen in Southern and Central France such as bakers photographers and bargemen for a regional TV network spent all my time on the road with them and my camera was a great fan of road movies and a radio program called La bas si j y suis by Daniel Mermet who travels round meeting people telling their stories and making their daily lives seem so exceptional Even so it was only after my first feature Quand tu descendras du ciel that started shooting documentary portraits of traveling grocers felt the need to get back to a more intimate personal way of shooting and to do battle with the frame and lighting in a realistic context For about 18 months filmed traveling grocers in Corsica the Pyrenees and the Alps When did you get the idea for The Grocer s Son The first draft of the screenplay dates back to 2000 At the time the film was called Antoine and his2. FILMMOVEMENT The Grocer s Son Le Fils de I picier Like taking a vacation the French countryside and meeting people there of whom you grow extraordinarily fond The Grocer s Son Le Fils de l epicier is an unalloyed pleasure start to finish Green Cine Daily Directed by Eric Guirado France 2007 Drama French with English subtitles 96 min 35mm Color 1 1 85 Stereo DTS SR Film Movement Press Contact Claire Weingarten 109 W 27th Street Suite 9B New York NY 10001 tel 212 941 7744 x 208 fax 212 491 7812claire filmmovement com Film Movement Theatrical Contact Rebeca Conget 109 W 27th Street Suite 9B New York NY 10001 tel 212 941 7744 x 201 rebeca filmmovement com SYNOPSIS It is summer and thirty year old Antoine is forced to leave the city to return to his family in Provence His father is sick so he must assume the lifestyle he thought he had shed driving the family grocery cart from hamlet to hamlet delivering supplies to the few remaining inhabitants Accompanied by Claire a friend from Paris whom he has a secret crush on Antoine gradually warms up to his experience in the country and his encounters with the villagers who initially seem stubborn and gruff but ultimately prove to be funny and endearing Ultimately this surprise French box office hit is about the coming of age of a man re discovering life and love in the countryside FESTIVALS AND AWARDS Winner
3. Antoine eventually opens up to others He learns to listen to them observe them and be attentive to them For him it s a whole revolution for him and like all revolutions it can t take place quietly and calmly With the countryside as the backdrop that was my principal concern every day on set That countryside which you film lovingly Of course grew up in the country and still feel a very strong bond When was young started taking nature photos trying to capture the light shapes and the full range of matter and color of a forest for example I m still sensitive to that beauty but also wary of it In editing cut out the moments that were just too beautiful because they did nothing for the story and distracted us from the real subject Where did you get the idea for them to paint the van From the beginning wanted Claire who s very impish to bring a whimsical dimension to Antoine s more taciturn character To an extent could picture her slapping a red nose and clown s make up on him to get him to smile When she starts painting the van she injects some life into this dormant village and shakes up people s habits She s a breath of fresh air blowing through There s something almost blasphemous about the way she paints the father s sacrosanct van Have your documentaries given you fresh insight for the characters of your films In the big city people tend to have a false or clich d vie
4. clouds and was meant to be my first feature For various reasons put it to one side promising myself to return to it one day When shot those portraits of traveling grocers in the back of my mind it was to help write the film and to confront what had imagined with reality The film shows a family that has fallen apart What links the family members is this shadowy area of things left unsaid and misunderstandings The characters rarely talk to each other and when they do they lie or twist reality Even so deep down think they re a pretty ordinary family with nothing very remarkable about them They do their best to lead simple lives which is why Antoine saw that he had no future there and ran away Besides Claire the characters often find it hard to express their feelings Sure they re reserved discreet timid or shy people who don t make any particular effort to improve their lot They re indecisive which can make them alternately irritating and endearing They remind me of certain characters in Wim Wenders Alice in the Cities or Paris Texas who say little but keep moving forward The film shows the countryside empty of all but its elderly inhabitants That s a reflection of my own life and documentary experience in the south of France The villagers you see in the film cling onto their way of life as long as possible for reasons of personal preference and pride Traveling storekeepers offer them some kind of
5. autonomy Some elderly people insist on walking to the grocer s van every day to stay physically fit and keep in contact with the world was deeply touched by their isolation A mailman told me that in some very remote places people subscribe to the local newspaper simply because it means they re sure to see him every day and so will have contact and maybe a chat with at least one person every day It s the same for traveling grocers The relationship between Antoine and Lucienne played by Liliane Rovere is very strong At the start of the film Antoine isn t particularly outgoing when in fact he has a lot to learn from the people he meets Lucienne is the only one to remind him of a few home truths and call him a little idiot She puts him in his place and opens his eyes to the world around him In his own way the character played by Paul Crauchet Old Man Cl ment also contributes to Antoine s development Paul Crauchet and Liliane Rovere both have extremely motivational personalities and they grasped exactly what expected of their characters From the start you give the film an upbeat tempo The rhythm was already in the screenplay just hammered the nail home on the shoot wanted Antoine to be shaken up caught up in a movement that challenged his way of thinking and prejudices and swept him away in spite of himself Despite his strong initial resistance at the beginning he s focused solely on his own desires
6. e Veysset e Stan the flasher 1990 directed by Serge Gainsbourg e Les loups entre eux 1985 directed by Jos Giovanni e La D robade 1979 directed by Daniel Duval e Que la f te commence 1975 directed by Bertrand Tavernier CREDITS Crew Director Writers Based on the original story by Production Design Image Sound Casting 15 Assistant Director Script D cors Costumes Editing Music Sound Mix Director of Production General Manager Cast Antoine Claire P re d Antoine M re d Antoine Fran oise Lucienne Le P re Cl ment Hassan Fernand Sophie Eric Guirado Eric Guirado amp Florence Vignon Eric Guirado Mil na Poylo amp Gilles Sacuto Laurent Brunet Nicolas Favre Brigitte Moidon Dominique Heinry Sara Prim Valerie Faynot Ann Dunsford Pierre Haberer Christophe Boutin Emmanuel Croset Cristophe Desenclos Pierre Yves Jourdain Nicolas Cazal Clotilde Hesme Daniel Duval Jeanne Goupil St phan Gu rin Tilli Liliane Rov re Paul Crauchet Chad Chenouga Beno t Giros Ludmila Ruoso
7. rs vite et reviens tard 2007 directed by R gis Wargnier e Saint Jacques La Mecque 2005 directed by Coline Serreau e Le Grand voyage 2004 directed by Isma l Ferroukhi e Le Clan 2004 directed by Ga l Morel e L Amour dangereux 2003 de Steve Suissa e Under Another Sky 2002 directed by Ga l Morel e Bella ciao 2001 directed by Stephane Giusti Born in Pau France Nicolas Cazal was encouraged at the age of 18 by a friend to attend a school play The experience immediately inspired him to move to Paris to take up acting as a career His first film role was in Ga l Morel s award winning film UNDER ANOTHER SKY in 2002 In addition to film roles Nicolas has worked for television appearing for example as Friday opposite Pierre Richard in a small screen adaptation of Robinson Crusoe by Thierry Chabert in 2003 He was cast in the male leads for Julio Medem s CHAOTIC ANA which was shot in Spain and the USA Gilles Paquet Brenner s UV and Eric Guirado s THE GROCER S SON LE FILS DE L EPICIER Nicolas received the award for Romantic Actor of the Year in June 2005 in the discovery category at the Cabourg Festival for his central performance as Reda in Isma l Ferroukhi s THE GREAT JOURNEY LE GRAND VOYAGE CLOTILDE HESME The Grocer s Son 2007 directed by Eric Guirado e Love Songs 2007 directed by Christophe Honor e Regular Lovers 2005 directed by Philippe Garrel A ce soir 2004 directed by Laure Duthille
8. ul e Focus 2004 directed by S bastien Fabioux e Olga s Chignon 2002 directed by J r me Bonnell e Dieu que la nature est bien faite 1999 directed by Sophie Lellouche LILIANE ROVERE e The Grocer s Son 2007 directed by Eric Guirado e J invente rien 2006 directed by Michel Leclerc e Je vous trouve tr s beau 2005 directed by Isabelle Mergault e La Captive 2000 directed by Chantal Akerman e With a Friend Like Harry 2000 directed by Dominik Moll e Le bleu des villes 1999 directed by St phaneBriz e Peut tre 1999 directed by C dric Klapisch e Venus Beauty Institute 1999 directed by Tonie Marshall e Adult re mode d emploi 1995 directed by ChristinePascal e Round Midnight 1986 directed by Bertrand Tavernier e Buffet froid 1979 directed by Bertrand Blier e Je t aime moi non plus 1976 de Serge Gainsbourg DANIEL DUVAL e The Grocer s Son 2007 directed by Eric Guirado e C est beau une ville la nuit 2006 directed by Richard Bohringer e Le Temps des porte plumes 2006 directed by Daniel Duval e Time to Leave 2005 directed by Fran ois Ozon e Cach 2005 directed by Michael Haneke e 36 Quai des Orf vres 2004 directed by Olivier Marchal e The time of the wolf 2003 directed by Michael Haneke e Le vent de la nuit 1999 directed by Philippe Garrel e Those who love me can take the train 1998 directed by Jeanne Labrune e Will it snow for Christmas 1996 directed by Sandrin
9. w of the countryside see the country as a place of contrast and paradoxes which have always been keen and curious to film My documentaries were the perfect chance to share people s daily lives In a documentary like to find people s humanity tiny heroes lost in the landscape and try to bring out that which is exceptional in each of them while still doing my job thoroughly and with discernment The portrait of an old shepherd in the Jura mountains which shot 10 years ago still inspires me today when approach the construction of my characters SELECTED FILMOGRAPHIES Director s Filmography ERIC GUIRADO e The Grocer s Son 2007 e Quand tu descendras du ciel 2002 Audience Award at Festival d Angers 2003 Best Actor Award for Benoit Giros at Festival d Angers 2003 Audience Award at Festival de Mulhouse 2003 Special Jury Prize at Festival La Ciotat Berceau du Cin ma 2003 Audience Award at FilmFest of Braunschweig in Germany 2003 Prix Sp cial du Jury au Festival France Cin ma de Florence 2003 Student Grand Prix at Festival France Cin ma in Florence First Prize at MedFilm Festival of Rome 2003 Best First Film Mention at Festival du Film Francophone in Safi Morocco 2004 Actor s Filmographies and Select Biographies NICOLAS CAZALE The Grocer s Son 2007 directed by Eric Guirado e Chaotic Ana 2007 directed by Julio Medem e UV 2007 directed by Gilles Paquet Brenner e Pa
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