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Paper, offset lithography. Size: B2 (cca. 70 x 50 cm). Poster of a French comedy The original title is Le boulanger de Valorgue Decorative and colorful movie poster from the 195 s The poster was made in the middle of the dark Socialist Realist period however it shows a very fresh and artistic design In the middle a pictoresque image appears showing a charming French village In the foreground stands a lonely baker thinking His face is represented with a detailed drawing evoking the style of the movie posters of the 1930s and 1940s However the whole composition is rather modern The design is spectacular the colors are very intensive appearing in big flat shapes In the movie a small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant mother of a pregnant young girl She accuses the baker s son doing his military service in Algeria to be the father of the would be child Offended the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother s side source imdb com Fine, light fold marks and wear.