Marius et Jeannette

Dec 5 1997 N/A 1h 45m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jeannette is a single mother living in a working-class community in Marseilles; she tries to support herself and her two kids on her salary as a check-out girl at a supermarket and lives in an apartment complex where everyone is thrown into close proximity with everyone else. Marius is working as a security guard at a cement factory that has gone out of business; he's also squatting in the building, since the plant is soon to be demolished and he'll be needing his money later on. One day, Jeannette happens by the factory, and spotting several cans of paint, tries to take two of them home with her. Marius spots her and tries to chase her away, while she rails at him with curses against the capitalist system. The next day, an apologetic Marius appears at her doorstep, cans of paint in hand; the two soon become friendly, and a romance begins to bloom, though it quickly becomes obvious that Jeannette's romance novel fantasies are a bit off the mark from what Marius has in mind.

Plot

Marius is the keeper of an abandoned cement works staying high above the quarter of l'Estaque in Marseilles. Jeannette is bringing up her two children alone with her poor checkout operator salary. Their meeting won't be without trouble, since besides material difficulties, both of them are wounded by life. They have to learn how to be happy again.

Written by

Jean-Louis Milesi, Robert Guédiguian

Directed by

Robert Guédiguian

Cast

Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Pascale Roberts

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

Ville d'Aubagne, Canal+, La Sept Cinéma, Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo

Languages

Français

Awards

6 wins & 8 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
1,842
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA