Le foulard de Smyrne
★★★★★
French / 12 MIN. / 1958
The Genres
The Synopsis
In this 12-minute short, Jean Giono's voice recalls the arrival of cholera in Provence. During this pandemic, which hit France in 1832, a peddler character travels under an umbrella, spreading the epidemic by trading in pieces of silk fabric imported from Smyrna.