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Jan 1, 2000 · Strange Gardens. Jean Becker is often dismissed as a peddler of feel-good Gallic heritage by chic British critics but as with 1999 s undervalued Children Of The Marshland this is a charming and...
Strange Gardens 2003 1h 37m Comedy Drama List Reviews 81% Audience Score 500+ Ratings In 1960, teen Lucien (Damien Jouillerot) is embarrassed by his father, Jacques (Jacques Villeret), who ...
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- Jean Becker
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- Jacques Villeret
Apr 8, 2004 · The tears of a clown give French tragicomedy Strange Gardens an unexpected power. For 15-year-old Lucien (Damien Jouillerot), there's nothing more embarrassing than his father Jacques' (Jacques...
This is the only one of the recent spate of French films set in WW11 that employs the flashback. Ostensibly it is set vaguely in the 60s and finds teenager Damien Jouillerot hacked off at schoolteacher father Jacques Villeret, who persists in acting the clown both in the classroom and the annual fete. Cue Villeret's best friend, Andre Dussolier ...
Mar 26, 2003 · By Lisa Nesselson. A solid, old-fashioned and salutary tale of decency and courage in wartime, “Strange Gardens” touches and entertains. Embarrassed by his father’s clown antics in a provincial...
Sep 10, 2012 · Strange Gardens 2003, directed by Jean Becker | Film review. Film. Time Out says. Drawn from the successful French novel of the same name by Michel Quint, this is traditional Gallic fare, a...
Strange Gardens (Effroyables Jardins) is a French drama film directed by Jean Becker. It based on the novel by Michel Quint. Lucien is a fourteen-year-old boy who does not understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himself every Sunday with his amateur clown number.
