The Kiosk

In her debut feature, Alexandra Pianelli captures the unique world in and around her family’s Paris newsstand, presenting a film diary that lovingly documents her time working there. Sequestered behind the cramped counter, Pianelli films the world as it passes before her with a boundless sense of curiosity and compassion. iPhone or GoPro strategically set up before her, she records idiosyncratic interactions with charming regulars who drop by for their newspapers and a chat, or the lost passers-by simply looking for directions. Le Kiosque is a tender study of humanity, as well as a bittersweet sketch of physical media’s dying days as the newsstand’s future becomes increasingly unclear.

• Alexandra PianelliDirector
• Alexandra PianelliScreenplay

• Damien FourmeauSDF
• Marie-Laurence FayMarchande de journaux
• Marcel CierniakChauffeur de la délégation allemande
• Gérard JacqBénévole à Notre-Dame-de-Paris
• Aliénor de NervauxDanseuse étoile
• Christiane RémoleurRetraitée
• Islam AsrafulVendeur de fruits