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Status
Released
Release
2007
Runtime
1h 49m
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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.
27 Cast Members
Daniel Auteuil
The painter, aka 'Dupinceau'
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Léo, the gardener aka 'Dujardin'
Fanny Cottençon
Hélène
Alexia Barlier
Magda, painter's pupil
Hiam Abbass
The gardener's wife
Élodie Navarre
Carole, painter's daughter
Roger Van Hool
Tony, another painter
Michel Lagueyrie
René, painting equipment dealer
Christian Schiaretti
Charles, future husband of Carole
Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat
The mayor
Bernard Crombey
Durieux, painter's friend
Nicolas Vaude
Jean-Etienne, photographer
Coralie André
The saleswoman
Monique Roussel
The widow Juliette
André Lutrand
Father Colin
Elric Thomas
The dentist
Mickey Dedaj
Paramedic
Stephane Kordylas
Paramedic
Brigitte Masure
Nurse
Luce Bekistan
Women
