Directed by:
Jean BeckerCinematography:
Jean-Marie DreujouCast:
Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Fanny Cottençon, Alexia Barlier, Hiam Abbass, Élodie Navarre, Roger van Hool, Bernard Crombey, Nicolas Vaude (more)Plots(1)
A successful painter leaves Paris to return to the village in central France where he was born more than 50 years ago. Since the death of his parents the unoccupied house has been surrounded by gardens that the painter has neither the will nor the know-how to cultivate. To his great surprise his ad for a gardener is answered by an old friend from primary school. A mature, friendly bond develops between the two men that is enriched by the different experiences they have had in life. The gardener's directness and the genuine spontaneity of his worldly wisdom, in particular, captivates the metropolitan, who takes a new view of life, love, and of vegetables and funerals. The inconspicuously elegant direction of Jean Becker makes room for the meeting of two outstanding French actors, Daniel Auteuil and Jean-Pierre Darroussin, whose brilliant performances rank the story of the friendship between painter and gardener among the best French films of the year. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Daniel Auteuil
Algeria
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Manon of the Spring (1986)
Nos femmes (2015)
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
France
Best movies:
Conversation with My Gardener (2007)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Promise at Dawn (2017)
Fanny Cottençon
Gabon
Best movies:
Conversation with My Gardener (2007)
Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator (1988)
Spécial police (1985)
Alexia Barlier
France
Best movies:
Hiam Abbass
Israel
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Promise (2011) (series)
The Visitor (2007)
Élodie Navarre
France
Best movies:
Conversation with My Gardener (2007)
He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (2002)
The Art of Love (2011)
Roger van Hool
Belgium
Best movies:
Oscar (1967)
The Woman Next Door (1981)
Conversation with My Gardener (2007)
Bernard Crombey
Best movies:
Conversation with My Gardener (2007)
Lune froide (1991)
Buffet Froid (1979)
Nicolas Vaude
France
Best movies:
John Adams (2008) (series)
Conversation with My Gardener (2007)
Queen Margot (1994)
Michel Lagueyrie
Best movies:
Conversation with My Gardener (2007)
The Green Beautiful (1996)
Chaos (2001)
Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat
France
Best movies:
Nikita (1990)
Conversation with My Gardener (2007)
Frantz (2016)
Monique Roussel
Best movies: