Le jardinier (1981)
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.
Cast
Maurice Bénichou
The overseer
Michelle Marquais
Madame
Claude Faraldo
The winning workman
Daniel Laloux
The father of the child
Geneviève Mnich
The mother of the child
Georges Trillat
The entertainer
Alain Frérot
The eternal victim
Armand Babel
The patriarch
François Dyrek
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