In 1859, Savoy Alps, Joseph is a peddler who leaves his mountain village to travel through Northern Italy to sell cotton, thread, lace and trinkets. His road will be strewn with pitfalls and encounters, sometimes funny, sometimes pathetic.
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Cast
19 people
Richard Berry
Joseph
Known for
Ruby & Quentin
22 Bullets
Bérangère Bonvoisin
La femme de Joseph
Known for
An Ideal Father
Exploits of a Young Don Juan
Bernard Favre
Bernard-P Guiremand
Sophie Chemineau
la soeur de Joseph
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An Unusual Girl
Petit déjeuner compris
Bertrand Tavernier
Known for
A Sunday in the Country
Claude Nejar
Robin Renucci
Le travailleur immigré
Known for
The Dreamers
Leonardo
Marc Perrone
L'accordéoniste calabrais
Marie-Christine Grudzinski
La femme de Saint-Rémy
Alain Lenglet
Le sergent recruteur
Roger Jendly
Le colporteur d'images pieuses
Bernard Favre Director
United States release October 1, 1983 · Produced in France, Switzerland · Production Hachette Première, Little Bear
Production
France 3 Cinéma
Production
Hachette Première
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Little Bear
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NEF Diffusion
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Nickelodeon Productions
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France · Switzerland
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
United States · October 1, 1983
Chicago International Film Festival
France · December 21, 1983
Theatrical
Mexico
March 17, 1987
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