Director : Gérard Krawczyk
Actors : Sylvie Testud, Josiane Balasko, Éric Cantona, Michel Muller, Catherine Hiegel, Husky Kihal, Virginie Lemoine, Célia Rosich, George Aguilar, Alain Zef, Agnès Chateau
Feature film, Fiction , Comedy
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French (France)
French release : 12/7/05
Runtime : 1h 40mn
Current status : Released
Official website : www.flachfilm.com/film.php?id_film=73&lang=fr
Associate production company : Flach Film, OZ Production
Co-production : Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Topaze Bleue, France 2 Cinéma
French distribution : Bac Films
Film export/Foreign Sales : Pyramide International

Louise and her mother, Blanche, run L'étape, a café-restaurant in a small village in Savoy. L'étape isn’t just a bistro, it’s also a new home for a whole flock of troubled children who can always find refuge there. Louise, with her unsettling sense of humor, believes that words have the power to heal emotional wounds.
On the opposite side of the national highway Le Virage stands, managed by Lucie Chevrier and her daughters. The long-standing rivalry between the two businesses reaches a peak during a truck drivers’ strike that blocks the village. Then, to cap it off, Pierre, the truck drivers’ leader, unsettles the lives of these women, along with the life of the small community.
He stirs up a mixture of fuss and bother, but also tenderness, that usually goes by the name of “love.”
And what if life was theirs to take?

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