It takes a village.
At the Mêle sur Sarthe, a small Norman village, farmers are affected by a crisis. Georges Balbuzard, the mayor of the city, is not one to let them down and decides to try everything to save his village ...
France France
François Cluzet Toby Jones François-Xavier Demaison Arthur Dupont Grégory Gadebois Vincent Regan Colin Bates Philippe Rebbot Patrick d'Assumçao Julie-Anne Roth Pili Groyne Daphné Dumons Lucrèce Carmignac Samuel Churin Lucie Muratet Delphine Zingg Brigitte Chamarande Marie-Christine Orry Philippe Duquesne Gérard Watkins Philippe Pollet-Villard Jérôme Chappatte Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat
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