My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010) ( La tête en friche )

My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: La tête en friche
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
82 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jean Becker

Written By:
Jean Becker
Jean-Loup Dabadie

Actors:
Gerard Depardieu ..... Germain Chazes
Gisèle Casadesus ..... Margueritte
Maurane ..... Francine
Patrick Bouchitey ..... Landremont
Jean-François Stévenin ..... Jojo
François-Xavier Demaison ..... Gardini
Claire Maurier ..... La mère
Sophie Guillemin ..... Annette
Mélanie Bernier ..... Stéphanie
Matthieu Dahan ..... Julien
Jérôme Deschamps ..... Le maire
Gilles Détroit ..... Dévallée
Régis Laspalès ..... M. Bayle
Anne Le Guernec ..... La mère jeune
Jean-Luc Porraz ..... Le notaire

Synopsis:

Drearily sentimental, Jean Becker's 'My Afternoons With Margueritte" is the chaste love story between a genial, unlettered lug of a working man (Gérard Depardieu in unflattering blue overalls) and an older woman he meets on a park bench in a town in the Charente-Maritime region of France. She reads to him (Camus, Romain Gary). He blossoms. In melodramatic flashbacks we learn that the man, Germain, was berated in school for being slow. But that's nothing compared to the treatment he receives at the hands of his mother (Anne Le Guernec; Claire Maurier plays the still-merciless character in the present), who spares no opportunity to remind him that he's an unwanted oaf. Attacking a boyfriend with a pitchfork, she's every inch the bad mama. Years later, enter the good mother, the gentle, lovely Margueritte (Gérard Depardieu), who seems to be the only person; besides his improbably young and pretty girlfriend (Sophie Guillemin); to see something special in Germain. How could he not be attracted to Margueritte, whom he compares to the glass figurines he spots in a store window? The fine-boned, delicate-looking Ms. Casadesus, now 97, is a pleasure to watch (and to listen to). And the not-delicate-looking Mr. Depardieu does his usual excellent job. But their scenes together, if sweet enough, aren't particularly convincing or moving. Which is the problem in general with this film, which was shot in slightly garish color that lends everything an unpleasant cast: It rarely rises above the pedestrian.

A story of one of those improbable encounters that can change one's life. In a small public garden, Germain (Grard Depardieu) meets Margueritte (Gisle Casadesus) a little old lady who is passionate about reading. Germain discovers new life as Margueritte introduces him to the magic of books.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 05 November, 2011.

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