Rent The Grocer's Son (2007)
3.5 of 5 from 126 ratings
1h 36min
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- Synopsis:
- Thirty-year-old Antoine leaves Paris and reluctantly returns to the south of France to look after the family mobile grocery van while his father recovers from a heart attack. He gradually warms to his experience in the hills and his encounters with the villagers and love for the countryside. Evocatively capturing the bucolic beauty of provincial France, this gentle feel-good charmer sparkles with quirky humour and joie de vivre and guarantees to warm hearts with its classic story of a man finally coming of age.
- Actors:
- Nicolas Cazalé, Clotilde Hesme, Daniel Duval, Jeanne Goupil, Stéphan Guérin-Tillié, Liliane Rovère, Paul Crauchet, Chad Chenouga, Ludmila Ruoso, Benoît Giros, Gilles Chabrier, Jean-Luc Boucherot, Gilberte Muguet, Christophe Mirabel, Odile Tommy Martin, Robert Fayard, Jemmy Walker, Robert Court, Robert Juventin, Agnès Joniaux
- Directors:
- Eric Guirado
- Writers:
- Eric Guirado, Florence Vignon
- Aka:
- Le fils de l'épicier
- Studio:
- ICA
- Genres:
- Drama
- Countries:
- France
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Reviews (2) of The Grocer's Son
A little too much fromage... - The Grocer's Son review by CP Customer
Good to look at - fabulous scenery and attractive leads. But the story is predictable and rather cheesy. However, if you're looking for easy on the eye and undemanding entertainment, then it's a safe bet.
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Understated family drama - The Grocer's Son review by Mr Aquarium
Yes, the French landscape is beguiling, and the start of the film demands a little bit of patience, but there's an underlying sadness here; the main male character is the victim of a charmless father, and reluctant to help the family out. His return to the family business provokes emotional storms, but in a gradual and often understated and convincing way.
Along the way, another of the troubled family has an apparently quiet encounter which is underplayed to devastating effect. I won't say any more. It's a scene to remember.
The customer encounters are played for a kind of truthful humour. I agree with the previous reviewer that the story is, in many ways, predictable, but it didn't feel that way to me when watching it. The ending has some elements of wry redemption, but in no neat Hollywood fashion.
GDS
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