The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque
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| French | L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque |
| Directed by | Éric Rohmer |
| Written by | Éric Rohmer |
| Produced by | Françoise Etchegaray |
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| Cinematography | Diane Baratier |
| Edited by | Mary Stephen |
| Music by | Sébastien Erms |
Production company | Compagnie Éric Rohmer |
| Distributed by | Les Films du Losange |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque (French: L'Arbre, le maire et la médiathèque; known also as Les sept hasards) is a 1993 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Éric Rohmer. The film was shown at the 1993 Montreal World Film Festival where it received the FIPRESCI prize.
The frame story involves the mayor of an isolated French village who, to further his political ambitions, secures a grant to build a sporting and cultural centre, but the necessary felling of a fine willow outrages the schoolteacher and his daughter. Within the frame there is much debate about the current state of France: city versus country, agriculture versus industry, conservatism versus progress, the environment versus growth.