Les Chants de Mandrin (2012) Directed by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
Adventure / Drama / History
aka: Smugglers' Songs
Film Synopsis
After the execution of Louis Mandrin, a well-known outlaw and popular
underworld hero of the 18th century, his former partners in crime
decide to chance their luck with a smuggling operation in the provinces
of France. Well-armed, the smugglers arrange markets on the
outskirts of the villages, where they sell tobacco, fabrics and other
precious commodities. They write songs in honour of Mandrin,
which they then print and distribute among the poor folk of the
kingdom...
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