CinemaOSMovie · 1997 · 1h 45m

Marius and Jeannette

68%(62)IMDbDramaRomanceComedy

Jeannette is a single mother living in a working-class community in Marseilles; she tries to support herself and her two kids on her salary as a check-out girl at a supermarket and lives in an apartment complex where everyone is thrown into close proximity with everyone else. Marius is working as a security guard at a cement factory that has gone out of business; he's also squatting in the building, since the plant is soon to be demolished and he'll be needing his money later on. One day, Jeannette happens by the factory, and spotting several cans of paint, tries to take two of them home with her. Marius spots her and tries to chase her away, while she rails at him with curses against the capitalist system. The next day, an apologetic Marius appears at her doorstep, cans of paint in hand; the two soon become friendly, and a romance begins to bloom, though it quickly becomes obvious that Jeannette's romance novel fantasies are a bit off the mark from what Marius has in mind.

Directed byRobert Guédiguian

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 45m
Language
FR
Released
November 19, 1997
Studios
Agat Films & Cie / Ex NihiloLa Sept CinémaLa Sept-Arte

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Ariane Ascaride

Ariane Ascaride

Jeannette

Gérard Meylan

Gérard Meylan

Marius

Pascale Roberts

Pascale Roberts

Caroline

Jacques Boudet

Jacques Boudet

Justin

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Dédé

Frédérique Bonnal

Frédérique Bonnal

Monique

Laetitia Pesenti

Laetitia Pesenti

Magali, Jeannette's Daughter

Miloud Nacer

Malek, Jeannette's son

Pierre Banderet

Pierre Banderet

Monsieur Ebrard

Monique Meylan

Avec l'amitié de

Creative team
Directed by
Robert Guédiguian
Robert Guédiguian
Written by
Robert Guédiguian
Robert Guédiguian
Jean-Louis Milesi
Jean-Louis Milesi
Produced by
Gilles Sandoz
Gilles Sandoz
Robert Guédiguian
Robert Guédiguian

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