''The Scent of Mandarin'' (french: L'Odeur de la mandarine) is a 2015 French
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by Gilles Legrand. It stars
Olivier Gourmet
Olivier Gourmet (born 22 July 1963) is a Belgian actor.
Gourmet was born in Namur. He won the Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in '' Le Fils'' by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. He also appeared in ''La Promesse'' ...
and Georgia Scalliet. It was nominated for two
César Awards
The César Award is the national film award of France. It is delivered in the ' ceremony and was first awarded in 1976. The nominations are selected by the members of twelve categories of filmmaking professionals and supported by the French Min ...
at the
41st César Awards
The 41st César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, was held on 26 February 2016, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris to honour the best French films of 2015. The ceremony was presided by Claude Lelou ...
.
The mother and her child have to seek shelter under the manor of kind and rich retired general. He and the mother decide to marry but they plan to have no children. The general and the mother having trouble in bed. The general decides to satisfy through prostitution. The mother quite piss about this and decide to hump with the horse keeper who has already kept an eye on her for sometime.
Cast
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Olivier Gourmet
Olivier Gourmet (born 22 July 1963) is a Belgian actor.
Gourmet was born in Namur. He won the Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in '' Le Fils'' by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. He also appeared in ''La Promesse'' ...
as Charles
* Georgia Scalliet as Angèle
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Dimitri Storoge as Léonard
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Hélène Vincent
Hélène Vincent (born 9 September 1943) is a French actress and stage director.
Career
She received a César Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1989 for her role as Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy in ''Life Is a Long Quiet River'' and a nominati ...
as Émilie
* Marine Vallée as Louise
* Fred Ulysse as Firmin
* Romain Bouteille as the notary
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Michel Robin
Michel Robin (13 November 1930 – 18 November 2020) was a French film, stage, and television actor. A Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française, sociétaire of the Comédie-Française since 1996, he also appeared in 120 films from 1966 to 201 ...
as the priest
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Alix Bénézech
Alix Bénézech is a French actress.
Biography
Alix Bénézech was raised in Alsace and the south of France.
She holds a bachelor's degree with honors and validates a master's degree in modern literature while taking singing, dance and acting l ...
as Louison
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Urbain Cancelier
Urbain Cancelier (born 2 August 1959) is a French comedian and actor, primarily known for his collaborations with French film director Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jean-Pierre Jeunet (; born 3 September 1953) is a French film director, producer and scre ...
as Sergeant
Accolades
References
External links
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2015 films
2015 drama films
Films set in 1918
2010s French-language films
French drama films
Films directed by Gilles Legrand
2010s French films
Films scored by Armand Amar
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