The tobacconist, local commerce par excellence. You go there to buy your pack of cigarettes but also to pay for your stamps and amendments! It is also a place of exchange that has only been open to women since 1945.
In Nantes (Pays de Loire), buralistes are experimenting with electronic payment of fines related to automatic radars. For tobacco retailers, this new service could offset their decline in sales due to the increase in tobacco. The commentary on factual images alternates with the interviews of buralistes, including Paulette PAILLUSSON, of Gérard VIDAL (President of the Confederation of Tobacco Dealers of Midi Pyrénées), and customers' opinions.
The disruption in the distribution of tobacco in Paris has led to the emergence of shortages among buralists due to the strong demand from smokers who wish to make reservations. Comment on factual images.
The obligations of the buralists go back for some to the First Empire and Napoleon 1st. A buraliste in Lille (Nord) explains what his job is as a multi-faceted retailer: selling packages of cigarettes, newspapers, stamps,... Comment on factual images and interview with Marcel MASSAIN (buraliste).
With their voter card, the women of France received... their tobacco card. However, they will not have as much tobacco as men: only 40 cigarettes a month. Where will gender inequality lie?...