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Conversations with My Gardener

Conversations with My Gardener

20076.51h 49m

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.

Directed by Jean Becker
Written by Jean Becker, Jean Cosmos, Jacques Monnet
Produced by Louis Becker
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Top Cast

Daniel Auteuil

Daniel Auteuil

The painter, aka 'Dupinceau'

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Léo, the gardener aka 'Dujardin'

Fanny Cottençon

Fanny Cottençon

Hélène

Alexia Barlier

Alexia Barlier

Magda, painter's pupil

Hiam Abbass

Hiam Abbass

The gardener's wife

Élodie Navarre

Élodie Navarre

Carole, painter's daughter

Roger Van Hool

Roger Van Hool

Tony, another painter

Michel Lagueyrie

Michel Lagueyrie

René, painting equipment dealer

Christian Schiaretti

Christian Schiaretti

Charles, future husband of Carole

Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat

Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat

The mayor

Themes & Keywords

male friendshipbotanistpainter

About Conversations with My Gardener

Conversations with My Gardener is a comedy, drama film released in 2007 exploring themes of male friendship, botanist, painter. Directed by Jean Becker, it stars Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Fanny Cottençon. 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.

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