Smugglers' Songs

Early on in this engaging historical drama, a marquis (played by the singularly droll Jacques Nolot) offers a peddler a carriage ride on a remote country road. After sizing up his benefactor, the peddler fights motion sickness to deliver his sales pitch: “I have here a few objects of wonder, pious images, pamphlets against men of the cloth, newspapers from Amsterdam and London, holy cards, quills, writing paper…”

Cast

Jacques Nolot

Le marquis

Christian Milia-Darmezin

Le colporteur Jean Sératin

Kenji Levan

Court-Toujours

Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche

Bélissard

Salim Ameur-Zaïmeche

Malice

Sylvain Roumette

Ma Noblesse

Nicolas Bancilhon

Blondin

Abel Jafri

La Buse

Sylvain Rifflet

La Flûte

Sylvia Albaret

Mandrinette