The Village

Le Village

  #environment   #portrait   #society
22nd TDF: Greek Premiere

As if it sprang from Goscinny’s pages, a tiny village in the southeast of France raises a banner of resistance against an opponent superior than Roman legions: the almighty model of globalized economy. Without ever rejecting or playing down on the comforts and benefits of the modern world, Lussas’s inhabitants persist in the old-school values of a nostalgic modus vivendi. They have set up their own TV channel, they combine lifelong education and hard work, they cultivate fruit, produce wine and hold screenings of documentaries. An exhilarating pilgrimage to a small-scale Utopia, proving that life is full of alternatives and byways.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Claire Simon
Cinematography: Claire Simon
Editing: Luc Forveille
Sound: Virgile van Ginneken, Pierre Bompy, Arnaud Marten
Production: Petit à Petit Production, Les Films de la Caravane
Producers: Rebecca Houzel, Madeline Robert
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: France
Production Year: 2019
Duration: 531΄
Contact: AndanaFilms, contact@andanafilms.com

Claire Simon

Filmography

1976 Madeleine (short fiction)
1980 Tandis que j’agonise
1989 Les Patients
1995 Coûte que coûte
2002 Mimi 2008 God’s Offices (fiction)
2013 Gare du Nord (fiction)
2015 Le Bois dont les rêves sont faits
2016 The Competition
2018 Young Solitude
2019 The Village
2020 Le Fils de l’épicière, le Maire, le Village et le Monde | The Grocer’s Son, the Mayor, the Village and the World