Early on in this engaging historical drama, a marquis (played by the singularly droll Jacques Nolot) offers a peddler a carriage ride on a remote country road. After sizing up his benefactor, the peddler fights motion sickness to deliver his sales pitch: “I have here a few objects of wonder, pious images, pamphlets against men of the cloth, newspapers from Amsterdam and London, holy cards, quills, writing paper…”
Length 97 minutes
Jacques Nolot | Christian Milia-Darmezin | Kenji Levan | Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche | Salim Ameur-Zaïmeche | Sylvain Roumette | Nicolas Bancilhon | Abel Jefry | Sylvain Rifflet | Sylvia Albaret | Xavier Pons | Jean-Luc Nancy | Yann-Yvon Pennec | Carlos Manini | Jean-Louis Delmas