Alimentation Générale (2005)
In Epinay-sur-Seine, in the neighborhood called « la Source », Ali’s grocery store is the only shop still in business of the decayed shopping center. It’s also the only place left for the forsaken inhabitants of the surrounding tower blocks to meet, a shelter where they can get together and exchange. This documentary film takes us into the everyday life of a small grocery store. As customers pass by, Ali, the charismatic shopkeeper, also part-time singer, is benevolently welcoming them. This moving and often amusing chronicle shows the importance of such a place, a small shop “around the corner”, in the middle of the Projects, where in spite of difficulties and poverty, people still share user-friendliness, laughter, human warmth.
Director: Chantal Briet
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Ali Zebboudj as Himself |
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Jeanine Anne as Herself |
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Anne-Marie Pigeard as Herself |
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Jamaa Hemmou as Himself |
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Cyprien Gian as Himself |
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Roberto Melias as Himself |
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Akram Azzouz as Himself |
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Rabbah Seridj as Himself |
| Directing | Chantal Briet | Director |
| Writing | Chantal Briet | Writer |
| Sound | Martin Wheeler | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Sophie Bachelier | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Diane Baratier | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Chantal Briet | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sylvia Calle | Director of Photography |
| Production | Ludovic Arnal | Producer |
| Editing | Benoît Alavoine | Editor |
| Editing | Nathalie Charles | Editor |
| Editing | Pascale Chavance | Editor |
| Production | Dominique Renauld | Associate Producer |