Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:MIFF Premiere Fund
Monsieur Mayonnaise on the Web:Official Website
Monsieur Mayonnaise
"An incredible true tale of mayonnaise sandwiches, Nazis and a hand-painted comic book!"Movie
Audience Score
StarringPhilippe Mora
DirectorTrevor Graham
1 hr 33 minDocumentary
Plot
Artist and filmmaker Philippe Mora (Mad Dog Morgan; The Howling II; Swastika) is producing a graphic novel about his late father, Georges, widely known in Melbourne as a beloved contemporary art patron and owner of bohemian eateries Mirka Café, Café Balzac and the Tolarno Restaurant and Galleries. Less known, however, is Georges' astonishing history as part of the French resistance during World War II, his friendship with renowned mime Marcel Marceau (Philippe's godfather), and how together they saved thousands of Jewish lives with a fiendishly simple trick involving baguettes and mayonnaise.
