• Oct 06, 2021
  • 77 min
  • Full-HD

The Kiosk (2021)

In her debut feature, Alexandra Pianelli captures the unique world in and around her family’s Paris newsstand, presenting a film diary that lovingly documents her time working there. Sequestered behind the cramped counter, Pianelli films the world as it passes before her with a boundless sense of curiosity and compassion. iPhone or GoPro strategically set up before her, she records idiosyncratic interactions with charming regulars who drop by for their newspapers and a chat, or the lost passers-by simply looking for directions. Le Kiosque is a tender study of humanity, as well as a bittersweet sketch of physical media’s dying days as the newsstand’s future becomes increasingly unclear.

Category
Country
France
Companies
Les Films de l’œil sauvage

Damien Fourmeau

SDF

Marie-Laurence Fay

Marchande de journaux

Marcel Cierniak

Chauffeur de la délégation allemande

Gérard Jacq

Bénévole à Notre-Dame-de-Paris

Aliénor de Nervaux

Danseuse étoile

Christiane Rémoleur

Retraitée

Islam Asraful

Vendeur de fruits

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