L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque
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L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque ou les sept hasards is a French film directed by Éric Rohmer
. It was shown at the 1993 Montreal World Film Festival
where it received the FIPRESCI
prize. It is known variously by the alternate title Les Sept hasards and in English translation as The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque.
, a village in Vendée
, a young socialist mayor decides to build a media library.
Éric Rohmer
Éric Rohmer was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and teacher. A figure in the post-war New Wave cinema, he was a former editor of Cahiers du cinéma....
. It was shown at the 1993 Montreal World Film Festival
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
where it received the FIPRESCI
FIPRESCI
The International Federation of Film Critics is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in...
prize. It is known variously by the alternate title Les Sept hasards and in English translation as The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque.
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In Saint-Juire-ChampgillonSaint-Juire-Champgillon
Saint-Juire-Champgillon is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France.-Geography:The river Smagne forms most of the commune's southern border....
, a village in Vendée
Vendée
The Vendée is a department in the Pays-de-la-Loire region in west central France, on the Atlantic Ocean. The name Vendée is taken from the Vendée river which runs through the south-eastern part of the department.-History:...
, a young socialist mayor decides to build a media library.