Alimentation Générale
7.4
In Epinay-sur-Seine, in the neighborhood called « la Source », Ali’s grocery store is the only shop still in business of the decayed shopping center. It’s also the only place left for the forsaken inhabitants of the surrounding tower blocks to meet, a shelter where they can get together and exchange. This documentary film takes us into the everyday life of a small grocery store. As customers pass by, Ali, the charismatic shopkeeper, also part-time singer, is benevolently welcoming them. This moving and often amusing chronicle shows the importance of such a place, a small shop “around the corner”, in the middle of the Projects, where in spite of difficulties and poverty, people still share user-friendliness, laughter, human warmth.
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Chantal Briet Director · Martin Wheeler Composer Diane Baratier Cinematographer
First release April 2, 2005 · Produced in France · Production Yenta Production, Fonds d'Action Sociale
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French
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French
Release dates
France · April 2, 2005
Premiere · Paris Film Festival
France · May 18, 2005
Limited theatrical · Cannes Film Festival
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Portugal
October 20, 2005 · Doclisboa International Film Festival
Serbia
January 29, 2007 · European Feature Documentary Film Festival - Belgrade
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