My Afternoons with Margueritte


My Afternoons with Margueritte
In a small French town, a nearly illiterate man in his 50's and considered to be the village idiot by his friends at the local bistro, takes a walk to the park one day and happens to sit beside a little old lady who is reading excerpts from her novel aloud. She's articulate, highly intelligent and frail. Between the two of them, there are 40 years and 200 pounds difference. He is lured by her passion for life and magic of literature from which he has always felt excluded. As she broadens his mind via reading excerpts from her novel, he realizes that he is more of an intellectual than he has ever allowed himself to be. Afternoons spent reading aloud set them both on a journey which will change their lives. In French language with English subtitles.

82 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Language, Sex, Violence).
Comedy, Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Gérard Depardieu, Gisèlel Casadesus, Maurane, patrick Bouchitry
Director
Jean Becker
ScreenplayJean Becker, Jean-Loup Dabadie, from the book by Marie-Sabine Roger
MusicLaurent Voulzy
CinematographyArthur Cloquet
EditingJacques Witta
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Datasat
Made in2010
Produced byA consortium of French companies

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageModerate, fairly frequent
NudityNone
SexDiscreetly implied, infrequent
ViolenceInfrequent, mild to moderate
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyInfrequent, used as exclamations
Drug abuseWith context of a bar setting, infrequent
CommentsNone
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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Theresa Smith quote iconAn afternoon spent in good company.
15
Cape Times
Justin Lowe quote iconQuiet comedy-drama manages to hit most of the right spots.
10
Metacritic.com
16 critics
12
Rottentomatoes critics
57 critics
13
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconIt's sentimental and treacly, but that's not enough to prevent My Afternoons with Margueritte from being truly affecting.
17
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
13

What the People say

Internet
2132 Netizens quote iconAnother movie highlight by Jean Becker
14

Average .. 67%

13

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