Small-town mayor vs. bureaucracy: how far will he go to save a school? Spoiler: it's chaos.
Paul Barral, mayor of a small mountain town at the foot of Mont-Blanc, is fighting to maintain business and protect the school from an announced closure. Not without determination, the Mayor may have found the solution.
Acting
Cornillac's exasperated everyman carries the whole mountain.
Cinematography
Mont-Blanc looms like another character judging their schemes.
Writing
Dialogue that finds comedy in municipal desperation.
Director
Michel Tavarès
Clovis Cornillac
Paul Barral
Eye Haïdara
Joe-Lynn
Mehdi Senoussi
Patron du Flamingo
Laurence Côte
Véronique Mas
Jean-Pierre Martins
Tony
Sophie Guillemin
Martine
Shirel Nataf
Sofia
Géraldine Salès
Cathy
Olivia Côte
Madame la Ministre
Hubert Delattre
Jeff
Sébastien Chabane
Alban
Chad Chenouga
Emmanuel
Hugo Mugnier-Lackaff
Fils de Martine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, a real commune facing actual school closures in 2022. Art imitates administrative crisis.
The 'mairie' as heroic protagonist is peak French cinema—American films have cops; France has middle-aged men in beige jackets fighting paperwork.
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