Vendeur (2016)
Directed by Sylvain Desclous

Comedy / Drama

Film Synopsis

Serge is one of the best salesmen in France.  For the past thirty years, he has plagued shopping centres and department stories, promising his employers an instant and spectacular return on their investment.  His work has been his entire life - his friends, his lovers and his son, Gérald, hardly ever see him.  And his health is starting to suffer.  When Gérald pesters him to give him a job to pay for work on the restaurant he intends to open, Serge reluctantly agrees to take him on as a sales rep.  Against all expectations, Gérald shows he has a hidden talent...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Sylvain Desclous
  • Script: Sylvain Desclous, Olivier Lorelle
  • Photo: Emmanuel Soyer
  • Music: Amaury Chabauty
  • Cast: Gilbert Melki (Serge), Pio Marmaï (Gérald), Sara Giraudeau (Chloé), Clémentine Poidatz (Karole), Damien Bonnard (Lilian), Norbert Ferrer (Dove), Antoine Levannier (Le client), Christophe Tek (Vincent)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 89 min

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