Dans la cour

Apr 23 2014 R 1h 37m
Comedy, Drama

Antoine is a musician. The forties, he suddenly decides to end his career. After a few days of wandering, he gets a job as a janitor. Mathilde lives in the old building in the east of Paris where he takes office. This is a young retiree, generous and involved, who divides his time between his associational activities and the life of the condominium. One night, she discovers a disturbing crack on the wall of his living room. Gradually, his anxiety grew to turn into panic and if the building collapsed ... Slowly, Antoine befriends the woman he feared to see slip into madness. Between slips and concerns, both form an awkward tandem, humorous and solidarity which will, perhaps, through this bad patch.

Plot

Antoine is too depressed to go on playing in his rock band. After wandering in the streets, he decides to seek an occupation. Unskilled as he is, he is lucky to be hired as the caretaker of an old Paris apartment building. He soon proves good at his job, even if he performs it a little eccentrically, and everybody grows fond of him. Antoine also develops a particular friendship with Mathilde, a recently retired woman who lives in the block and whose mental balance is deteriorating...

Written by

Pierre Salvadori, David Léotard, Benoît Graffin

Directed by

Pierre Salvadori

Cast

Catherine Deneuve, Gustave Kervern, Féodor Atkine

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

France 2 Cinéma

Languages

Français

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
In the Courtyard / Dans la cour (2014) - Trailer English Subs
Scores
# of Votes
1,525
Average Rating
6.3 out of 10
Metascore
57
Popularity
NA