Strange Gardens (2003)
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.
Director: Jean Becker
Writers: Guillaume Laurant, Jean Cosmos, Jean Becker
The Cast
Jacques Villeret
Jacques Pouzay
André Dussollier
André Designy
Thierry Lhermitte
Thierry Plaisance
Benoît Magimel
Emile Bailleul
Suzanne Flon
Marie Gerbier
Isabelle Candelier
Louise, Jacques' wife
Victor Garrivier
Félix Gerbier
Bernard Collins
Bernd
Damien Jouillerot
Lucien, Jacques's son
Jean-Claude Durand
Raoul, aka 'Cul Fanny'
Michel Cordes
Boss of the shooting
Nina-Paloma Polly
Françoise, Jacques' daughter
Maxime Fouard
Paulo
Solène Chavanne
Suzy
Romain Provvedi
Maurice
Mélanie Baxter-Jones
Emile's daughter in 1944
Juliette Delfau
Girl at the village hall
Romaine Friess
Girl at the village hall
Jacques Giraud
Station master
Gilles Jacquet
Rural warden
Bernard Bolzinger
Man in town hall
Manfred Andrae
Major
Alexander Held
SS officer
Michael Hanemann
Sergeant
Ernst-Georg Schwill
Sergeant at the station
Karl Jürgen Sihler
SS interpreter
Oliver Stern
Referral sentry
Cédric Weber
Orderly
Christian Koerner
Otto
Rémi Thiberge
Karl
Markus Fennert
Fritz
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