Conversations with My Gardener (2007)

Conversations with My Gardener (2007)

2007-06-06 France 109 Min. PG-13
6.5 117 votes

Overview

A successful artist, weary of Parisian life and on the verge of divorce, returns to the country to live in his childhood house. He needs someone to make a real vegetable garden again out of the wilderness it has become. The gardener happens to be a former schoolfriend. A warm, fruitful conversation starts between the two men.

Cast

Daniel Auteuil is The painter, aka 'Dupinceau'
The painter, aka 'Dupinceau'
Jean-Pierre Darroussin is Léo, the gardener aka 'Dujardin'
Léo, the gardener aka 'Dujardin'
Alexia Barlier is Magda, painter's pupil
Magda, painter's pupil
Hiam Abbass is The gardener's wife
The gardener's wife
Élodie Navarre is Carole, painter's daughter
Carole, painter's daughter
Roger Van Hool is Tony, another painter
Tony, another painter
Michel Lagueyrie is René, painting equipment dealer
René, painting equipment dealer
Christian Schiaretti is Charles, future husband of Carole
Charles, future husband of Carole
Bernard Crombey is Durieux, painter's friend
Durieux, painter's friend
Nicolas Vaude is Jean-Etienne, photographer
Jean-Etienne, photographer