The Glorious Acceptance of Nicolas Chauvin
Aug 04 2018
•0h 26m
•Comedy
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.
Cast
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Alexis Manenti
Nicolas Chauvin
Antoine Cholet
Cadavre moyenâgeux
Pauline Jacquard
Fille au bar
Caroline Deruas
Fille au champ
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