User Reviews

This movie is for me an alien... Even though I don't live very far from this village (Well,in fact Espigoule doesn't exists but it could.) I wondered for some time whether this film was a charge on rurality (in fact, my rurality), or the best picture upon the joy and casualness of a bunch of people living there.....And, after that, i think i'm still unable to pick one of of these possibilities..... But after that, i'd say that i rate this movie 8 to 10. This film is an allegory to (on?) being happy, maybe sarcastic..... In this village, everyone looks for happiness, not bliss, but just happiness. The bridegroom loosing a tooth in the morning of his wedding and scratching the ground in order to find it. In some places ,it would be a great disaster.....There, it's just a contretemps. WELL Where is Happiness? In this movie, the expressions are rather fit to french speaking people. Thou everyone should enjoy it.

Let me be your guide to the deepest rural town in France... Let's cross the country to go to the extreme south... Espigoule !

Let me introduce you the poet of the village ( that nobody listen to... ), who is not really a poet but who is a part of what we call in France "La France Profonde"... Let me show you the anarchist painter of Espigoule, who is a blasphematory one, a semi-devil who live in corruption and vice... at least it is what he is saying... Come in, my American friend, that i can introduce you to the illuminated sculptor of the town... Please, have a drink in the center of influence of the town... the BAR !

You've probably understood what "Les 4 saisons d'Espigoule" is, a sort of documentary that describes a quiet village of southern France... we share the life of all the inhabitants of Espigoule... ... And of course it's very very very funny ! It is like the TV show "Strip Tease"...

So, don't be afraid, come and have a PASTIS at Espigoule !!!