MY AFTERNOONS WITH MARGUERITTE
Jean Becker (France, 2010, 35MM)
Starring Gerard Depardieu
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WINNER - AUDIENCE AWARD
2011 NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL

MY AFTERNOONS WITH MARGUERITTE is the story of life's random encounters. In a small French town, Germain, 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 Margueritte, a little old lady who is reading excerpts from her novel aloud.

She's articulate, highly intelligent and frail. Between Germain and Margueritte, there are 40 years and 200 pounds difference. Germain is lured by Marguerite's passion for life and the magic of literature from which he has always felt excluded. As Margueritte broadens his mind via reading excerpts from her novel, Germain realizes that he is more of an intellectual than he has ever allowed himself to be. Afternoons spent reading aloud on their favorite bench transform their lives and start them both on a new journey - to literacy and respect for Germain, and to the deepest friendship for Margueritte.

VIEW TRAILER

“A sweet puff of a film, MY AFTERNOONS WITH MARGUERITTE is as disarming as it is absurd.”
- Tom Long, Detroit News

“It's determined to look on the bright side. The film isn't about an actor's intelligence. It's about their emotional radiance.”
- Wesley Morris, Boston Globe