I found the plot of this film totally unbelievable and the whole thing just far too cheesy/saccharine like. And I'm a huge fan of French movies and even cheesy french movies. Depardieu's acting in this is horrendous. He plays some kind of builder who it seems doesn't have to really work. He so simple that he can't see why he shouldn't be allowed to write his own name on a war memorial for the dead YET seems to get hugely into Camus in about two mins.. As has been previously pointed out he is meant to be 50 and has an incredibly hot girlfriend in her 20s who offers nothing to the plot. Just odd... The actress who played him mum was pretty good as were his friends in the bar but do give this a miss and seek out something decent like Jean de Florette instead.
Review of My Afternoons with Margueritte
