Strange Gardens
Effroyables Jardins
Release: 2003-03-26
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 7.4
Comedy
Drama
Lucien, 14, can’t understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himself by dressing up as a clown and giving a show. André, Lucien’s father’s best friend, feels for the teenager and decides to reveal something from their mutual past that will explain the reason for Lucien’s father’s strange behavior.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Canal+
France 2 Cinéma
France 3 Cinéma
ICE3
UGC
Cast
Jacques Villeret
as Jacques Pouzay
André Dussollier
as André Designy
Thierry Lhermitte
as Thierry Plaisance
Benoît Magimel
as Emile Bailleul
Suzanne Flon
as Marie Gerbier
Isabelle Candelier
as Louise, Jacques' wife
Victor Garrivier
as Félix Gerbier
Damien Jouillerot
as Lucien, Jacques's son
Jean-Claude Durand
as Raoul, aka 'Cul Fanny'
Michel Cordes
as Boss of the shooting
Nina-Paloma Polly
as Françoise, Jacques' daughter
Solène Chavanne
as Suzy
Mélanie Baxter-Jones
as Emile's daughter in 1944
Jacques Giraud
as Station master
Manfred Andrae
as Major
Alexander Held
as SS officer
Michael Hanemann
as Sergeant
Ernst-Georg Schwill
as Sergeant at the station
Karl Jürgen Sihler
as SS interpreter
Oliver Stern
as Referral sentry
Cédric Weber
as Orderly
Christian Koerner
as Otto
Markus Fennert
as Fritz
