Tea with Madame Clos
Type
Label
Tea with Madame Clos
Language
fre
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rated: G
Main title
Tea with Madame Clos
Medium
videorecording
Runtime
90
Summary
Tea with Madame Clos is about an extraordinary woman in her extreme old age living in the small medieval village of Lauzerte, Tarn-et-Garonne in South West France. Couched in the framework of a train journey, the filmmaker remembers her many encounters over four years with Madame Clos. Madame Clos, the oldest woman in the village, is buoyant and engaged in life around her which she observes each day through her kitchen window. There she shares her thoughts, fears, joys and sorrows - there she witnesses the dramas of village life. Over cups of tea in her kitchen she confides intimate stories from the whole of the last century. And as she approaches her 100th year she reveals the secret handed down from her mother that has guided her
Technique
animation
Classification
Contributor
Incoming Resources
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