Dialogue with my gardener

Movie
German title	Dialogue with my gardener
Original title	Dialogue with the garden
Country of production	France
original language	French
Publishing year	2007
length	109 minutes
Age rating	FSK o. A.
Rod
Director	Jean Becker
script	Henri Cueco (novel) Jean Becker Jean Cosmos Jacques Monnet
production	Louis Becker
camera	Jean-Marie Dreujou
cut	Jacques Witta
occupation
Daniel Auteuil : The painter, called brush stroke Jean-Pierre Darroussin : gardener Léo, called horticulturalist Fanny Cottençon : Hélène Alexia Barlier : Magda Hiam Abbass : The gardener's wife Élodie Navarre : Carole Roger Van Hool : Tony Michel Lagueyrie : René Christian Schiaretti : Charles Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat : Mayor Bernard Crombey : Durieux Nicolas Vaude : Jean-Etienne Coralie André : saleswoman Monique Roussel : widow Juliette André Lutrand : Father Colin

Dialogue with my gardener is a French film by Jean Becker from 2007 that is based on a novel of the same title.

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A successful painter moves from Paris to the house in the country where he was born. There he is looking for a gardener to look after his property. Léo, a former schoolmate of the painter, replied to the newspaper advertisement. The two look back on that time and make friends in long conversations about all sorts of topics and thus get to know the world from each other's perspective. The gardener creates a kitchen garden for the painter. At the end of summer the gardener dies and the painter overcomes his creative crisis.

Reviews

“A calm and humorous film. He tells of moments in life that seem important to us and gives very personal answers to the question of what really matters. "

- femundo.de

“In calm shots and long dialogues, a relationship unfolds in which both men rediscover each other. Against the background of current conflicts, the spectrum of which the film indicates in striking details, the film creates a visionary possibility of social reconciliation. "

- Jury of the Evangelical Film Work on the film of the month December 2007

“As always, perfectionist Jean Becker meticulously staged every nuance, every comma, every small gesture - but always discreetly and unobtrusively, so that everything appears completely natural. His adaptation of the novel by Henri Cueco does not simply glorify country life, but remains surprisingly cliché-free and does not omit tragic elements. This is how Becker succeeds in making a refreshing and touching film about friendship - deeply human and full of warmth. "

- Hamburger Morgenpost from December 20, 2007

“The world of French director Jean Becker is a deeply well-meaning, humane and nature-loving one. A world that tries to avoid a deeper examination of reality and tries to cement possible faults with beautiful pictures. "

- Bavaria 3

"Atmospheric portrait of an unusual friendship between men and the search for the meaning of life in simple but effective pictures trained in impressionism, with practical-philosophical dialogues and two great main actors."

- Lexicon of International Films

Awards

Leading actor Jean-Pierre Darroussin was nominated for the role of Léo in 2008 for the César .

Web links

• Official German site
• Official French site
• Conversations with My Gardener in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Dialogue with my gardener in the online film database
• Dialogue with my gardener at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• Review of the film by Andreas Staben at filmstarts.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Henri Cueco: Dialogue with my gardener . 1st edition. Schöffling, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-89561-594-8 (French: Dialogue avec mon jardinier . Translated by Eva Moldenhauer).
2. ↑ Savoir vivre in Beaujolais. femundo.de, accessed on March 3, 2018 . 
3. ↑ http://www.filmdesmonats.de/archiv_279_363539.php  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ http://www.mopo.de/2007/20071220/plan7/kino/kritiken/dialog_mit_meinem_gaertner.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ http://www.br-online.de/bayern3/film/filmdatenbank/kritik/0751-dialog-mit-meinem-gaertner/index.xml  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was created automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ Journal film-dienst and Catholic Film Commission for Germany (eds.), Horst Peter Koll and Hans Messias (ed.): Lexikon des Internationale Films - Filmjahr 2007. Schüren Verlag, Marburg 2008. ISBN 978-3-89472-624-9