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Moviola > Films > My Afternoons with Margueritte My Afternoons with Margueritte (La Tête en Friche) (15) 82 mins Where can I see this film?
Germain (Gerard Depardieu), fifty and barely literate after an incomplete education, lives in a caravan in his mother's (Claire Maurier) back garden, their relationship strained ever since he was born. In his breaks from work as a labourer, he has named all the 19 pigeons who come and peck regularly by the stone bench in the small public garden of a French provincial town. When Margueritte (Gisele Casadesus), an eloquent and elegant 95 year old lady passionate about reading, begins a casual conversation with him, a friendship begins. She gently introduces him to the world of books and he responds. "Sweet-centred and unashamedly sentimental, My Afternoons With Margueritte is a warm and generous film. Although being set in the sort of French fictional town that almost certainly doesn't exist outside of storybooks - you know the type, filled with gently bickering locals eager to help one another out even if they bungle it - the emotional notes have a truthful ring." Eye for Film "Depardieu gives a multi-layered, nuanced performance as the man whose self-image
changes dramatically, while Casadesus at 95 years young is perfect as the
fragile woman who lives for her books. There's real beauty in this film - from
the relationship at its heart, to the atmospheric French provincial setting and
melodic score. A delightful encounter for any age, this is a film to
savour." Urban Cinefile
11-Jan Sherborne 14-Jan Hinton St George
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