Le jardinier
5.1
This is a surreal comedy is about a factory set in a barren landscape that dispenses a minute portion of water to stragglers carrying pans as receptacles. Inside, the workers seem to be doing nothing that makes any sense, and they are watched over by a periscope set up by twins who run the factory. An unexplained, plain woman living on the premises is sought after by the whimsical foreman (Maurice Benichou) -- also known as the "gardener" because he has planted flowers in the coal wagons that remain on a maze of train tracks -- the only "stock" owned by the company.
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Maurice Bénichou
The overseer
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Michelle Marquais
Madame
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Jean Bollo
The manager
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Pierre Bolo
The manager's brother
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Claude Faraldo
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Daniel Laloux
The father of the child
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Geneviève Mnich
The mother of the child
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Georges Trillat
The entertainer
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Jean-Roger Milo
un ouvrier
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Alain Frérot
The eternal victim
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Jean-Pierre Sentier Director · Pierre Alrand Composer Jean-Noël Ferragut Cinematographer
United States release October 1, 1981 · Produced in France
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France
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
United States · October 1, 1981
Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
France · October 14, 1981
Theatrical
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