Alimentation Générale

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 18, 2005

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France

Production

Images Plus,Yenta Production

Cast

Anne-Marie Pigeard,Roberto Melias,Cyprien Gian,Jamaa Hemmou,Jeanine Anne,Ali Zebboudj,Rabbah Seridj,Akram Azzouz

Director

Chantal Briet

Writer

Chantal Briet

Producer

Ludovic Arnal

Cinematography

Sylvia Calle,Chantal Briet,Diane Baratier,Sophie Bachelier

Music

Martin Wheeler

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0456279