21º Mostra Internacional de Cinema International Perspective
MARIUS ET JEANNETTE

France   

Marius et JeannetteA love story about two persons who do not have much in common, other than the fact they have suffered much and held to with dignity. Marius lives alone in an ancient abandoned cement factory in Marseille. He awaits the day when the site is to be demolished, and meanwhile lives out his life.

Jeannette raises her two children on a meagre salary earned as cashier in a store. She lives in a small house, but with beautiful Mediterranean scenery. Her neighbors try to help her and try to cheer her up: even so, they invariably question her solitary life. The encounter between Marius and Jeanette is not easy, for besides the difficulties they face because of their social condition, they are hard-bitten through suffering.

Sensitive and light, the film describes how the two rediscover the will and the skills to be happy.
 

     Director

DIRECTOR: Robert Guédiguian
SCREENPLAY: Jean-Louis Milesi
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Bernard Cavalie
EDITION: Bernard Sasia
MUSIC: Vivaldi, Strauss
CAST: Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Pascale Roberts, Jacques Boudet
PRODUCER: Gilles Sandoz
FESTIVALS: Cannes
PRODUCTION: Agat Films & Cie
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ORIGINAL TITLE: Marius et Jeannette
    Col., 92 min., 1997

Robert Guédiguian

Born in Marseille in 1953. He is one of the producers of Agat Films & Cie and Ex Nihilo, producers responsible for films by directors such as Pascale Ferran, Cédric Kahn, and Didier Bezace. He started directing in 1980 with Dernier Été. As from then, he has completed six films, amongst which L'Argent Fait le Bonheur, Á la Vie, Á la Mort! and Rouge Midi.