The salt of life

by Françoise Héritier

Directed by Marie Potonet
with Florence Payros

LE SEL DE LA VIE is a prose poem, a fantasy, an enumeration of all the little everyday things that go on in our lives. Light and poetic, it takes us back to basics, a "very serious" invitation to savour every moment.
Françoise Héritier's words resonate because they invite us to stop and reflect on these little nothings, the graces and flavours of the simple fact of existing.
"Having a cup of coffee in the sun", "following the flight of a swallow in the midst of others", "hating harsh words" and "the lack of consideration for others" are all part of this sparkling anthology of a certain ethic, a resistance to indifference.