My Afternoons with Margueritte
2010 · Movie · 82 min. · France
It's the story of one of those improbable encounters that can change the course of one's life: the encounter, in a small public garden, between Germain, fifty and barely literate, and Marguerite, a little old lady passionate about reading. Forty years and 220 pounds separate them. One day, purely by chance, Germain sits down beside Marguerite. She'll go on to read aloud extracts from novels and thereby allow him to discover the magic of books, from which Germain imagined he was excluded for life. Until then, his family circle and drinking buddies took him for an idiot; stupidity will now change places! But Marguerite is losing her sight. For the love of this charming, mischievous and caring grandmother, Germain will teach himself and show her that he's capable of reading aloud to her when she is no longer able to do so herself.
Direction Jean Becker
Cast Gérard Depardieu · Gisèle Casadesus · Maurane · Patrick Bouchitey · Jean-François Stévenin · François-Xavier Demaison · Claire Maurier · Sophie Guillemin · Mélanie Bernier · Matthieu Dahan · Jérôme Deschamps · Lyès Salem
Soundtrack Laurent Voulzy
Screenplay Jean Becker · Jean-Loup Dabadie · Marie-Sabine Roger
Cinematography Arthur Cloquet
Original title La tête en friche
6.5
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