Le jardinier

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.

• Release date
• October 14, 1981
• Runtime
• 96 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Jean-Pierre Sentier

Cast

Maurice Bénichou The overseer Michelle Marquais Madame

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Jean Bollo The manager

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Pierre Bolo The manager's brother Claude Faraldo The winning workman Daniel Laloux The father of the child Geneviève Mnich The mother of the child Georges Trillat The entertainer