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Director:
Sophie Tatischeff
Writers:
Patrick Dewolf (writer)
Sophie Tatischeff (writer)
Release Date:
9 September 1998 (France) more
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Cast

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Mireille Perrier ... Marie
Maurane ... Joëlle
Christophe Odent ... Jean
Jacques Penot ... Yvon
Isabelle Habiague ... Catherine
Jacques Laprise ... Le Québécois
Francis Lax ... Le notaire
Philippe Aizizeau ... L'instituteur
Thierry Barbet ... Michel
Loïc Baylacq ... Loïc
Jean-Louis Beauvieux ... Le père de Marie
Bernard Binet ... Le marin pêcheur
Jean-Paul Briand ... Hervé
Joël Cudennec ... Joël
Guillaume de Tonquedec ... Paul
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Le comptoir de Marie (France) (working title)
Marie's Counter (Hong Kong: English title)
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Runtime:
95 min | Argentina:96 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Malaysia:U | France:U | Hong Kong:I | Argentina:Atp
Filming Locations:
Trédrez-Locquémeau, Côtes-d'Armor, France
Company:
Comptoir Français du Film Production (CFFP) more

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A wonderfully textured film, 26 May 2006
9/10
Author: griffnancy from United States

This film is interesting in that wonderful French manner - serious and funny at the same time. It follows the changes wrought in a small town in Brittany when the owner of le comptoir (the bar) sells it and the bar leaves its long-time home for another residence, recently purchased by a Parisian as a vacation place. Local drinkers follow Le Comptoir. Its history and that of the woman who sells it, is told in flashbacks. The film is rich and textured. Besides the wonderfully original plot, the film gives a glimpse into the rural life of the residents of Brittany. The plot recalls a little of the German occupation of this sparsely populated region during WWII. The characters are all believable -- sophisticated city folks encounter crusty farmers, and the frustrated single woman who sells the bar plots her escape from her humdrum village life.

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