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The Grocer's Son (2008)

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Reviews Counted:52

Fresh:47

Rotten:5

Average Rating:7/10

Consensus: A noteworthy performance by Eric Guirado makes this gently pastoral film a moving coming-of-age story.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:2007

Synopsis: It is summer, and thirty-year-old Antoine is forced to leave the city to return to his family in Provençe. His father is sick, so he must assume the lifestyle he thought he had shed—driving the... It is summer, and thirty-year-old Antoine is forced to leave the city to return to his family in Provençe. 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 rediscovering life and love in the countryside. --© Film Movement [More]

Starring: Nicolas Cazale, Clotilde Hesme, Daniel Duval, Jeanne Goupil

Starring: Nicolas Cazale, Clotilde Hesme, Daniel Duval, Jeanne Goupil, Stephan Guerin-Tillie, Liliane Rovere, Paul Crauchet, Chad Chenouga, Giros. Benoit, Ludmila Ruoso

Director: Eric Guirado

Director: Eric Guirado
Screenwriter: Florence Vignon, Eric Guirado
Story: Eric Guirado
Composer: Christophe Boutin
Studio: Film Movement

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This honest family drama is exceedingly modest, but Guirado's skills handling story, character development and details pay off handsomely.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
08/08/08
Stan Hall
Stan Hall
Oregonian

Cazalé makes an appealing hero even at his most sullen and resentful, and Clotilde Hesme is a breath of fresh air as the platonic girlfriend for whom he has unexpressed feelings.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

A love of unspoiled countryside and its sturdy people suffuses this film, which unfolds with subtlety, humor and affection -- and becomes in the process a pure enchantment.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
07/18/08
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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It's a sweet, low-key charmer.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
07/18/08
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

Guirado's genuine affection for the people of Provence and their genteel lifestyle engenders an honest warmth and coziness that carries the film breezily through its less-inspired moments.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
07/18/08
Wade Major
Wade Major
Boxoffice Magazine

[A] small gem of a film.

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06/06/08
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Will deliver to audiences who embrace a well-acted, written and directed story that immerses one in a rarified milieu of rustic charm.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
06/05/08
Doris Toumarkine
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International

Given that Eric Guirado’s drama sticks to a predictable arc, it’s less the tale that matters than the telling.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
06/05/08
David Fear
David Fear
Time Out New York

A small, self-assured film that moves at its own pace, always staying one graceful step ahead of its reluctant protagonist.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
06/04/08
Michelle Orange
Michelle Orange
Village Voice
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A sweet tale of a man learning to care about others, The Grocer's Son is still simpleminded on a very fundamental level.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
06/02/08
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

Conveys the stultifying mechanics of human labor through sheer repetition, while aspiring to subtle moments of insight rarely captured in movies, as to how work comes to define who we are and how our lives play out on the planet.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
05/26/08
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

Eric Guirado's documentary background grants a rare richness of detail and unforced humor to his seductive second feature.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
03/27/08
Ronnie Scheib
Ronnie Scheib
Variety

The lead actors are hot and the living is easy in the French summertime idyll Le fils de l'epicier (The Grocer's Son).

Full Review Source: european-films.net | comment Comment
11/05/07
Boyd van Hoeij
Boyd van Hoeij
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