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The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque

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The socialist mayor of a small village in France dreams of building an arts center but he runs up against some opposition.

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Richard Brody The New Yorker 02/09/2015
The film's ambling tempo and spatial integrity are political as well as aesthetic, and the film's first closeup-near the end-is both a visual jolt and a moral one. Go to Full Review Antoine de Baecque Cahiers du Cinéma 06/06/2022
What The Tree, the Mayor, and the Mediatheque teaches us is more than a study of political discourse. It is the art of telling stories, an art full of ifs. Go to Full Review Armond White National Review 02/11/2021
Rohmer's mastery reveals characters speaking in the language of their times, then honestly confronting their own moral imperatives. The revelation is beautiful, beyond Hollywood's self-satisfied groupthink that passes for thoughtfulness. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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10/29/2012 Um filme pensado, falado e... cantado. :) See more Read all reviews
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Éric Rohmer

Director

Pascal Greggory

Julien Dechaumes

Arielle Dombasle

Bérénice Beaurivage

Fabrice Luchini

Marc Rossignol

Clémentine Amouroux

Blandine Lenoir

Francois Marie Banier

Régis Lebrun-Blondet
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Synopsis The socialist mayor of a small village in France dreams of building an arts center but he runs up against some opposition.
Director
Éric Rohmer
Producer
Françoise Etchegaray
Screenwriter
Éric Rohmer
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Runtime
1h 45m