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Conversations with My Gardener
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Title: Conversations with My Gardener

Release Date: 6 Jun 2007

Runtime: 1h 49m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: K.J.B. Production, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, ICE3

Production Companies: K.J.B. Production, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, ICE3

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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Average Vote: 6.5 (118 votes)

Cast

  • The painter, aka 'Dupinceau': Daniel Auteuil
  • Léo, the gardener aka 'Dujardin': Jean-Pierre Darroussin
  • Hélène: Fanny Cottençon
  • Magda, painter's pupil: Alexia Barlier
  • The gardener's wife: Hiam Abbass
  • Carole, painter's daughter: Élodie Navarre
  • Tony, another painter: Roger Van Hool
  • René, painting equipment dealer: Michel Lagueyrie
  • Charles, future husband of Carole: Christian Schiaretti
  • The mayor: Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat
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