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My Afternoons with Margueritte

Comedy drama about a semi-literate odd job man who meets an old lady in the park and they strike up a friendship as she teaches him the joys of French literature by reading aloud.

Comedy drama about Germain, a semi-literate odd-job man, who is treated as the village idiot in his small French town. When he meets an old lady, Margueritte, they strike up a friendship as she teaches him the joys of French literature by reading aloud from her favourite books. When Germain discovers Margueritte's eyesight is failing he learns to read so that he may return the favour.

In French with English subtitles.

1 hour, 16 minutes

Last on

Sun 7 Feb 201601:00

Credits

RoleContributor
Germain ChazesGerard Depardieu
MargueritteGisele Casadesus
FrancineMaurane
LandremontPatrick Bouchitey
JojoJean-Francois Stevenin
GardiniFrancois-Xavier Demaison
AnnetteSophie Guillemin
La mèreClaire Maurier
StéphanieMelanie Bernier
JulienMatthieu Dahan
DévalléeGilles Detroit
M BayleRegis Laspales
WriterJean-Loup Dabadie
WriterJean Becker
AuthorMarie-Sabine Roger
DirectorJean Becker

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