

Conversations with My Gardener
6.5(130 votes)
2007
1h 49m
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production
K.J.B. Production, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, ICE3
Cast

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