Conversations With My Gardener
2007, 106 minutes, Rated M
A middle-aged Parisian artist (Daniel Auteuil) returns to his old family home in provincial France after his parents' death. He advertises for a gardener to maintain the sprawling land and to recreate his mother's vegetable garden, and finds the first applicant (Jean-Pierre Darroussin) is an old school friend he hasn't seen since childhood. An intimate friendship develops between the two as the painter builds up an impressionist's canvas of the gardener whose honest and simple view of the world is uncluttered. As they see everything through each other's eyes, they find a beauty they have never seen before. After all, a gardener grows things for others, just as a painter paints for others to see.
Adapted from the memoirs of artist Henri Cueco, Conversations With My Gardener is a warm and engaging celebration of the bonds of friendship and the enduring pleasures of a good yarn.
- Director:
- Jean Becker [2],
- Starring:
- Daniel Auteuil [21], Jean-Pierre Darroussin [3],
- Screen Formats:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Language and Sound:
- French 5.1 Dolby Digital
French Dolby Digital Stereo
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