Conversations with My Gardener (2008)

  • NR
  • 04/24/2008 (AR)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 49m

Overview

A successful artist, weary of Parisian life and on the verge of divorce, returns to the country to live in his childhood house. He needs someone to make a real vegetable garden again out of the wilderness it has become. The gardener happens to be a former schoolfriend. A warm, fruitful conversation starts between the two men.

Jean Cosmos

Screenplay

Henri Cueco

Novel

Jean Becker

Director, Screenplay

Jacques Monnet

Screenplay

Cast

Daniel Auteuil's headshot

Daniel Auteuil

The painter, aka 'Dupinceau'
Jean-Pierre Darroussin's headshot

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Léo, the gardener aka 'Dujardin'
Fanny Cottençon's headshot

Fanny Cottençon

Hélène
Alexia Barlier's headshot

Alexia Barlier

Magda, painter's pupil
Hiam Abbass's headshot

Hiam Abbass

The gardener's wife
Élodie Navarre's headshot

Élodie Navarre

Carole, painter's daughter
Roger Van Hool's headshot

Roger Van Hool

Tony, another painter
Michel Lagueyrie's headshot

Michel Lagueyrie

René, painting equipment dealer

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