DAYANA MINI MARKET

By Floriane DEVIGNE

ANDANA FILMS - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2012

This moving tale sprinkled with sung and danced interludes, describes how each member of a Tamil family from Sri Lanka living in Paris tries their best to cope with adversity and financial problems, while fighting for love and money becomes their daily concern.

    • Year of production
    • 2012
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • FRANCE
    • Languages
    • FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 54 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Floriane DEVIGNE
    • Writer(s)
    • Floriane DEVIGNE
    • Producer(s)
    • Julie PARATIAN (SISTER Productions )
    • Synopsis
    • 15-year-old Dayana studies in a hotel management school in the posh neighborhoods of Paris. She lives with her parents, a Tamil couple from Sri Lanka, and her two brothers, Soum and Nila.
      Dayana Mini Market is the name of the corner shop run by her parents. It is also the place where the whole family was crammed after their eviction.
      This moving tale sprinkled with sung and danced interludes describes how each member of the family tries its best to cope with adversity and financial problems, while fighting for love and money becomes their daily concern.