The President and the Crossing Keeper

Le président et le garde barrière

Directed by Jean-Marc Peyrefitte

2019

Comedy , Drama , Historical

18 min

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France

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Color, Black and white

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French

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Synopsis

May 24th, 1920. Deep in the forest, somewhere in France, Mister Radeau, a crossing guard who has known many misfortunes in his life, finds on his doorstep a man in his pajamas who claims to be the President of the French Republic, Mister Paul Deshanel. For three days the crossing guard hosts him at his house… Three days during which France was searching for its President.

Story Topics History Humor Mental health War

Cast & Crew

Cast:

Jean-luc Vincent, Patrick D’assumçao, Iliana Zabeth, Marie-elisabeth Cornet

Script:

Jean-marc Peyrefitte, Marc Syrigas

Cinematographer:

Gilles Piquard

Editor:

Fred Dabo

Music:

Olivier Dérivière

Producer:

Jérémy Zelnik, Tancrède Ramonet, Camille Gentet

Production Company:

Dibona Films

Co-production Company:

Pan-européenne

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