From the Daily Comet:
THIBODAUX — A local eatery traveled back in time Tuesday morning, acting as the setting for a post-World War II meeting between two French women married to American servicemen.
The Venetian Bar and Doughnut Shop, 401 Jackson St., was transformed into an Alabama diner circa 1946. Outside the shop, cars normally parked nearby were replaced by three sets of lights and two trucks hauling movie equipment. The street was silent, except for the words “rolling” and “quiet on the set.”
It was all part of local filmmaking couple Glen Pitre and Michelle Benoit’s latest project, “Chesterfield,” which depicts life for three American military men who marry French brides following D-Day. Pitre and Benoit are serving as executive producers.
....
Pitre’s cousin, Billy Pitre, recommended he and his wife check out the Venetian Bar as a potential set. Everybody who saw it marveled at how it resembles a World War II-era diner, Glen Pitre said.
Grandpère eats at the Venetian Bar. They make good po-boys, and he likes their crawfish stew, shrimp stew, and red beans and white beans and rice lunches. I've eaten there a few times, but it feels more like a man's eatery to me.
I know Glen Pitre, the film man. I haven't seen him in a while, and I'm not sure I've met his wife, Michelle, but I think I must have. Their film company is Côte Blanche Productions. He made a film at Sundance Institute, Robert Redford's production company, titled Belizaire the Cajun, his first English-language movie. We saw several of what Glen calls his Gumbo Westerns, La Fievre Jaune and Huit Piastres Et Demie!, for sure, and enjoyed them. We knew a good many of the actors in the movies, since most, if not all, were local people.
Oh, my. This is making me crave crawfish...
ReplyDeleteEllie, I crave crawfish nearly every time I think about them.
ReplyDelete