A deeply moving human fresco, where friendship, love and fraternity light up the shadow of the mines. Five Molières for a play that touches the heart.
1958, Nœux-les-Mines, a small mining town in northern France. Pierre and Vlad are the two best friends in the world. They spend all their time digging in the mine, raising carrier pigeons and playing accordion in the local orchestra led by Sosthène, the ‘boute en train philosophe de comptoir’, the central character
of this jovial and colourful little sphere, despite the coal dust. From the day the pretty Leila comes to play accordion in the orchestra, the world of the two best friends will never be the same again...
of this jovial and colourful little sphere, despite the coal dust. From the day the pretty Leila comes to play accordion in the orchestra, the world of the two best friends will never be the same again...