It is a pleasure to watch two of the veterans of french cinema at work in this soulful twohander in which two very different men from different. Internationally known as conversations with my gardener this film deals with an artist that moves back to his small country side village of birth after living in the hectic and fast paced paris for a good number of years. Gentle and likable french drama about a successful painter who returns to his rural hometown in the throes of a midlife crisis. This is the kind of film that restores your faith in french cinema. He is still married but divorce is on the way and is in desperate need of a change. Supported by unifrance, scottish screen and europa cinemas, the. Actor, director, assistant director, adaptation, screenwriter, producer. This moderately attractive french comedydrama, the cinematic equivalent of boulevard theatre, stars auteuil as a middleaged, middlingly successful semifigurative painter of no particular school who moves back to his late parents home in provence to rediscover his roots. As with all malebonding films, theres also a mild homoerotic subtext. Sweet natured and gentle french drama, that is bittersweet but never maudlin, with impressive performances from the. Dialogue avec mon jardinier conversations with my gardener trailer.
Conversations with my gardener 2007 the movie database. Conversations with my gardener is an entry in this years boston museum of fine arts french film festival and, of the many that we have seen from the fest, is the best. Conversations with my gardener 1 hour 49 minutes optional english subtitles scene access. Dialogue avec mon jardinier conversations with my gardener. This book is good to read if learning french as its written in diary form with an artist recording his conversations with his gardener. Two men find themselves sharing a lifetime of experiences and observations. Dialogue avec mon jardinier aka conversations with my gardener titlovi skini titlove. Dialogue avec mon jardinier aka conversations with my. Conversations with my gardener honored at karlovy vary. Darroussin are at the top of their game in this charmingly intimate french drama.
When a successful parisian painter daniel auteil returns to the rural childhood home he has inherited in the rhonealps region of southern france, he places an advert for somebody to rejuvenate the propertys unkempt garden. Dialogue avec mon jardinier conversations with my gardener critics consensus. Conversations with my gardener nov 2008 12a 108min when a successful parisian painter daniel auteil returns to the rural childhood home he has inherited in the rhonealps region of southern france, he places an advert for somebody to rejuvenate the propertys unkempt garden. Cesar awards french film industry awards france, 2008. This twee, rohmerlite french comedy about the brotherly rapport between a lofty but affable bourgeois painter daniel auteuil and a saltoftheearth gardener jeanpierre darroussin is slight. Dialogue avec mon jardinier is a 2007 french film directed by jean becker. Daniel auteuil, jeanpierre darroussin release date. Conversations with my gardener 2008, directed by jean.
Conversations with my gardener, 2 days in paris and hunting and. Effectively, i feel that my admiration for the film is so great that i am not so much shocked by its humble origins, but disappointed that reading it can be not a great. If you like conversations with my gardener you are looking for humorous, sincere and sentimental movies about with painter, village, friendship, friends, starting over, village life and crumbling relationship themes of comedy and drama genre shot in france. A successful artist, weary of parisian life and on the verge of divorce, returns to the country to live in his childhood house. What are some of the best conversations in a movie. Ratings info contains one use of strong language and soft drug use. Our central character, a painter from paris, returns to the village where he grew up and hires a gardener. The two men become friends in long conversations and through each others eyes, they experience the world in a new light. The other half of the pair is daniel auteuil, who has come to be virtually synonymous with french cinema. The beauty of the french countryside, in this case the area around rhone alps, close to the swiss border in southern france, drew me to the film the first time.
She has lived on his family property, nicknamed the garden, ever since. He needs someone to make a real vegetable garden again out of the wilderness it has become. A successful, fiftysomething parisian artist goes back to his roots and returns to provincial france and his childhood home. Richmond french film festival united states, 2008 selection.
This twee, rohmerlite french comedy about the brotherly rapport between. Dialogue avec mon jardinier aka conversations with my gardener. Conversations with my gardener 2008, directed by jean becker. Director jean becker and his cast and equally talented crew give us a simple and elegant masterpiece about the love shared by two friends.
He works in an important enterprise of advertising, he has two beautiful children, a lot of friends, a big quiet house and a loving clever charming woman. Conversation with my gardener dialogue avec mon jardinier. Having opened on march 7, the 16th edition of the french film festival uk is underway until thursday in ten uk cities. Dialogue avec mon jardinier conversations with my gardener dialogue avec mon jardinier conversations with my gardener sweet natured and gentle french drama, that is bittersweet but never maudlin, with impressive performances from the leads. Conversation with my gardener francois cluzet to star in the red collar the french actor is back with nicolas duvauchelle and sophie verbeeck in the latest film by jean becker, an adaptation of the book by jeanchristophe rufin. Dialogue avec mon jardinier aka conversations with my gardener was adapted from the. Conversations with my gardener dialogue avec mon jardinier.
Gardener amanda trask was taken by a man named richard alan goetz and his family in 2001. World cinema conversations with my gardener 12a philip french. In that time, shes learned to abide by his ways and live by his rules. Also if you are into gardening you will like this as it gives. Conversations with my gardener by henri cueco abebooks. Sweet natured and gentle french drama, that is bittersweet but never maudlin, with. A few days ago i had a chance to see conversations with my gardener once again. After the mostly warm and fuzzy dramedy conversations with my gardener, gallic helmer jean becker explores cold and nasty in love me no more, a misanthropic drama about an adman who. Conversations with my gardener is a 2007 french film directed by jean becker.
Why dialogue avec mon jardinier 2007, a french film has a poster in german in imdb. Conversations with my gardner is a touching tale of a growing friendship. Normal text size larger text size very large text size. Having opened on march 7, the 16th edition of the french film festival uk is underway until. Two men, both advancing in years, converse deep in the french countryside. Gardner of film crossword clue answer crossword heaven.
Conversations with my gardener is a movie that one would. The back story is a marvelous and gorgeous social commentary on the type of generous actions we could all take to enrich our oftensolitary eldercitizens lives. Conversations with my gardener makes for an intimate, rewarding excursion to the french countryside. French film festival uk great britain, 2008 selection.
As they spend time in each others company, the painter builds up an impressionists canvas of a man who first intrigues and then amazes him by his honest and simple view. It is a delightful film to watch such are the performances given by jeanpierre darroussin, daniel auteuil and the rest of the cast, but especially from darroussin as i think he is just incredible. I dont think many conversations come close to the joker and the batman chat in christopher nolans the dark knight. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. Conversations with my gardener by cueco, henri and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. After establishing a solid artistic reputation in paris, a man in his fifties returns to his roots in the heart of central france to take possession of the house where he. Conversations with my gardener paperback 3 apr 2006. Unifrance takes french films around the world june 2007.
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