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Macadam Stories
A drama about several lonely inhabitants of the same council estate, adapted by Benchetrit from his novel.
Samuel Benchetrit
Casts & Crew
Michael Pitt
Isabelle Huppert
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Gustave Kervern
Also Directed by Samuel Benchetrit
Jacques Blanchot loses everything: his wife, his home, his job. He gradually alienates himself from the world around him. Until the day when the owner of a pet shop takes him in.
One night, at the foot of L tower, a man is waiting, then another one comes and asks for some chocolate? A discussion begins.
Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they might not have what it takes for a life of crime.
A couple leaves their child at kindergarten one Friday morning. The child's grandmother will pick the child up in the evening and look after him during the weekend. The parents are going on a journey to another country.
Insurance salesman tries to get money from his hippie cousin by fulfilling his dream: Arraigning for John Lennon and Janis Joplin's "second coming".