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Le jardinier (1981)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Sentier
Overview
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.
Length 96 minutes
Actors
Maurice Bénichou | Michelle Marquais | Jean Bollo | Pierre Bolo | Claude Faraldo | Daniel Laloux | Geneviève Mnich | Georges Trillat | Alain Frérot | Armand Babel | François Dyrek