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Le Petit café

François Reichenbach
1962 France 11 minutes French

A small neighbourhood pub which we enter as well-informed regulars, i.e. absent-minded and idle customers. The camera – with a cheeky sense of humour – swings from the chilly and scrupulous cashier to embraced lovers on a seat, comes back to pick up ordinary conversation, the usual trivial remarks exchanged between lonely pensioners and the blasé barman.

Production :
Films de la Pléiade
Distribution :
Films du Jeudi
Editing :
Guy Gilles
Photography :
François Reichenbach; Jean-Marc Ripert