Aug 04, 2018
26 min
Full-HD

The Glorious Acceptance of Nicolas Chauvin (2018)

During his acceptance speech for a lifetime achievement award, Nicolas Chauvin – a farmer-soldier, a veteran of the Revolutionary Army and the Napoleonic Wars, “father” of the chauvinism that bears his name – embarks on a monologue and recounts his life story. At the bend of a road, a spectral encounter shocks his (non-)existence.

Category

Comedy

Country

France

Companies

Les Films du Bal

Alexis Manenti

Nicolas Chauvin

Antoine Cholet

Cadavre moyenâgeux

Pauline Jacquard

Fille au bar

Caroline Deruas

Fille au champ

Ragnar Árni Ágústsson

Saxophoniste

Christophe Tek

Spectateur

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