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Monsieur Mayonnaise

Trevor Graham
| Australia
| 2016
| 85 min

What a concoction! Take one comic-book artist, send him on a journey following his father’s footsteps from French resistance to restaurant ownership in Melbourne, add a sprinkling of Nazis, and coat liberally in mayonnaise. Artist and filmmaker Philippe Mora is producing a graphic novel about his late father, Georges, and his fascinating life. Philippe paints the astonishing stories at each stage, including Georges’ meeting of his wife, now-acclaimed artist Mirka Mora, and his remarkable feat of saving thousands of Jewish lives, using simply baguettes and the aforementioned mayonnaise. Monsieur Mayonnaise is a lively, light, and eclectic personal journey through some historic world events.

Director
Trevor Graham
Producer
Trevor Graham, Ned Lander, Lisa Wang, Carl Ludwig Rettinger
Premiere
Sydney Premiere
Section
Australian Competition
Festival Year
2016