My afternoons with Margueritte

Based on the novel by Marie-Sabine Roger

 
My afernoons with Margueritte is a new and uplifting French comedy debuting in Australia at the 2011 French Film Festival and opening in cinemas on April 7. It's the story of one of those improbable encounters that can change the course of one's life: the encounter, in a small public garden, between Germain (Gerard Depardieu), fifty and barely literate, and Margueritte (Gisèle Casadesus), a little old lady passionate about reading. Forty years and 220 pounds separate them. One day, purely by chance, Germain sits down beside Margueritte. She'll go on to read aloud extracts from novels and thereby allow him to discover the magic of books, from which Germain imagined he was excluded for life. Until then, his family circle and drinking buddies took him for an idiot; stupidity will now change places! But Margueritte is losing her sight. For the love of this charming, mischievous and caring grandmother, Germain will teach himself and show her that he's capable of reading aloud to her when she is no longer able to do so herself.

Only at the Movies April 7
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“As sweet as they come, a film with real heart”
– Little White Lies

“Smart, emotionally engaging and often very funny”
– Shadows On The Wall

The competition is finished sorry !