La Grande Famille describes the contemporary life in the villages of the Ardenne belge, the south of Belgium. An original series in many regards, since each episode not only approaches a village in its inheritance of stones and history, but as well as a social and human web. La Grande Famille thus endeavors to depict the village through the glance of 'the great family' of her inhabitants, just as we meet the villagers by the means of their everyday life. Word is thus given to the latter, which they are characters emblematic or simpler quidam. They speak about their lives, their feelings and their impressions on their place of life. Surprising !