My Afternoons With Margueritte

Comedy drama about Germain, a semi-literate odd job man, who is treated as the village idiot in his small French town. When he meets an old lady in the park, Margueritte, they strike up a friendship as she teaches him the joys of French literature by reading aloud from her favourite books. When Germain discovers Margueritte’s eyesight is failing he learns to read so that he may return the favour. Dir: Jean Becker. (In French with English subtitles), A village idiot and an articulate writer forge an unusual bond after a chance meeting in a local park. Germain is in his fifties, and completely illiterate; Margueritte is in her nineties, and shares her passion for writing with anyone who will listen. Her favorite pastime is to sit in the park and read excerpts from her novel for passersby. When lumbering Germain shares a park bench with Margueritte, her reading aloud helps him to connect with his inner intellectual. Little does Germain realize that Margueritte is getting as much out of their relationship as he is; as Germain becomes more literate, Margueritte discovers a unique friendship that she never thought possible., An elderly bookworm finds an unlikely friend in an illiterate man, who soon discovers the magic of reading., In this poignant comedy-drama, an elderly bookworm (Gisèle Casadesus) finds an unlikely friend in an illiterate man (Gérard Depardieu), who soon discovers the magic of reading.