The Grocer’s Son

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.

“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)

A “small gem of a film.” (Stephen Holden, New York Times)

“Eric Guirado's documentary background grants a rare richness of detail and unforced humor to his seductive second feature.” (Ronnie Scheib, Variety)

“A small, self-assured film that moves at its own pace, always staying one graceful step ahead of its reluctant protagonist.” (Michelle Orange, Village Voice)