The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque

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35 mmFrenchEnglish

The mayor of Saint-Juire in the Vendée, Julien Dechaumes, elected under the socialist label, had a grandiose project: to equip his village with a cultural and sports centre, including, in addition to a swimming pool and a green theatre, a library, a video library, a discotheque and an exhibition room, grouped together in a "media library". His Parisian contacts enabled him to find the necessary funds. Everything is going very well and would continue to go on going the best in the world, if... The election campaign and the problems of regional planning provide a backdrop to an ironic reflection on the role of chance in history.

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