Movie Details
Original Language:French
Le foulard de Smyrne
StarringJean Giono
DirectorFrançois Villiers
12 min
Plot
In this 12-minute short, Jean Giono's voice recalls the arrival of cholera in Provence. During this pandemic, which hit France in 1832, a peddler character travels under an umbrella, spreading the epidemic by trading in pieces of silk fabric imported from Smyrna.
