Fresh
It's a small, well-rounded movie that you'd be hard pressed to find fault with, achieving its modest goals with subtle aplomb while whipping up humour and empathy from Antoine's rapport with his doddery clientele.
David Jenkins, Time Out
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The Grocer's Son
Overview
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, but now that his father, a traveling grocer, is in hospital after a stroke, he more or less reluctantly accepts to come back to replace him in his daily rounds.
Director and cast
- Éric Guirado Director
- Nicolas Cazalé as Antoine
- Clotilde Hesme as Claire
- Daniel Duval as Père d’Antoine
- Jeanne Goupil as Mère d’Antoine
- Liliane Rovère as Lucienne
- Paul Crauchet as Le Père Clément
- Chad Chenouga as Hassan
- Benoît Giros as Fernand
- Ludmila Ruoso as Sophie
- Stéphan Guérin-Tillié as François
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Rotten
For all of its sleepy charms and pretty shots of the countryside, the film doesn't serve up a lot of fresh insights, unless you count finding out what senior citizens buy from grocery vans in these little hamlets.
Monica Eng, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
Eric Guirado's lovely French drama The Grocer's Son is about that moment in a young person's life when he realizes that he is, despite all efforts to the contrary, a grown-up.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
A film that sticks close to its characters and plays fair with them throughout.
Mike Mayo, Washington Post
Fresh
The Grocer's Son offers a nicely observed portrait of a man in search of himself, finding his purpose, and finding that, in fact, it is possible to go home again.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
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