In this 12-minute short, Jean Giono's voice recalls the arrival of cholera in Provence. During this pandemic, which hit France in 1832, a peddler character travels under an umbrella, spreading the epidemic by trading in pieces of silk fabric imported from Smyrna.

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Le foulard de Smyrne

January 1, 1958

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