Le sel est libre, On the salt line

Valentin Pinet

France, 2026, Color, 36’

World Premiere

In the Forez mountains, archaeologists dig and unearth the memory of a borderland. In the eighteenth century, salt smugglers were hunted down and arrested. A contemporary re-reading brings these fragments of history back to life.

Technical sheet

  • Script:
    Valentin Pinet
  • Photography:
    Léo Baudy
  • Editing:
    Marie Da Costa
  • Music:
    Éric Desgrugillers
  • Sound:
    Noé Philibert
  • Cast:
    Valentin Pinet, Alin Peillex, Jean-Claude Barsse, Christophe Ros Coquard, Jacques Verrier, Paule Terras, Yvette Boudesseul, Françoise Robert, Christel Gay, Lola Laville, Michel Vye, Ella Pelloquin
  • Production:
    Valentin Pinet (Les films du Coucou)
  • Contact:
    Valentin Pinet