Plot
In her debut featureAlexandra Pianelli captures the unique world in and around her familys Paris newsstand presenting a film diary that lovingly documents her time working there Sequestered behind the cramped counter Pianelli films the world as it passes before her with a boundless sense of curiosity and compassion iPhone or GoPro strategically set up before her she records idiosyncratic interactions with charming regulars who drop by for their newspapers and a chat or the lost passersby simply looking for directions Le Kiosque is a tender study of humanity as well as a bittersweet sketch of physical medias dying days as the newsstands future becomes increasingly unclear
