Conversations with my Gardener
This
is a film that belongs to a genre that you either like or you don’t. It is about the learning that two very
different people can take from striking up a relationship and trusting the
other and striving to understand the other.
I do enjoy these films and can therefore forgive a certain lack of
action and plot. And this movie of Jean
Becker is blessed with the presence of Daniel Auteuil (much better than in
L’Invité) and Jean-Pierre Darroussin as the unlikely friends of rich painter
and poor gardener.
They shine despite
the potential of this film to sink into schmaltz with terminal illnesses,
fishing trips and doses of classical music.
Somehow it all works and makes its points with beauty and tact. Nice to see Hiam Abbas in a small role.
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