Arquivo / 49ª mostra

At Villereau, a little village of five square kilometers in the North of France, the panic button is pushed: an attack alert has been set. In the middle of the fields, army, police, firefighters, everyone comes, ready to fight the threat. But once they arrive, they only find some cows surprised by all the stir, and after investigation the true origin of the alert: a terrified inhabitant who confused a pigeon hunt with a terrorist attack, and thought she hear “Allahu Akbar” from the screams of drunk Polish workers. But this story, related by the villagers, is just a sample of the strangeness of Villereau.

Special Jury Award winner at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.