Chez Narcisse

About - Chez Narcisse

A village bistro and a mecca of punk culture!
In Val d’Ajol, a small village in the south of the Vosges, a bistro has existed for over a century, successively run by five generations of the same family. At the back of the courtyard, a former cinema has been transformed into a concert hall where many punk rock bands from the French scene have performed. Chez Narcisse has become a place of alternative culture in rural areas.
Immersed in the place, the film meets the regulars, the public, the passing musicians (Les Sheriff, No one is innocent, Le Bal des Enragés, etc.), the volunteers and a group of researchers who evoke the history and spirit of the place, between the claim of independence and the search for pleasure. A space of resistance in which people enjoy creating together and where Do It Yourself takes on its full meaning.

Audrey Tuaillon Demésy

A lecturer at the University of Franche-Comté, Audrey Tuaillon Demésy is a sociologist of leisure.
Her work focuses on subcultures, imaginary worlds and alternative practices.
She is part of the PIND (Punk is not dead) research project team and leads the Aiôn program (on the imaginary of time).

Hélène Michel-Béchet

After studying history and archaeology, Hélène worked on various excavation sites in Greece, Germany and Versailles. She had the opportunity to make a first documentary for the French School of Athens on an excavation site in 2007.
She then continued with film studies at ESEC and Angoulême and began to make various institutional or commissioned films.
In 2014, she directed “Seeing Further” about a class of school dropouts, “The Magician of Dachau” in 2015 and “A Little Different” based on the story of the bearded woman in 2018.