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Conversations with My Gardener

Conversations with My Gardener

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Conversations with My Gardener

2007

1h 49m

6.5(134 votes)

Comedy

Drama

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.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Jean Becker
Written by: Jean Cosmos
Jean Becker
Produced by: Louis Becker

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