Based on Philippe Torreton’s book, Grandma (Mémé) is the portrait of a humble grandmother from the countryside, wearing a smock and using age-old gestures. A grandma that millions of French children have visited during their summer breaks. A grandma who is both unique and universal, portrayed through the eyes and memories of the actor, who tells the story of a time when France left its rural heritage behind and entered the urban and fast-paced consumer society. Carried by the narrative and the voice of the actor, using archives from the 1940s to the 1970s, Grandma is a visual journey that revisits this turning point in history, questioning the cost of this great shift into modernity.

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