''Le Garçu'' is a 1995 French drama film directed by

Maurice Pialat Maurice Pialat (; 31 August 1925 – 11 January 2003) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. His work is often described as " realist",

and starring Gérard Depardieu. It was Pialat's final work. He was dissatisfied with the film and even planned to re-edit it, but his failing health made that impossible.Warehime, Marja: Maurice Pialat (French Film Directors), Manchester University Press, 2006, p155,

Plot

Gérard, mentally still adolescent, adores Antoine, his four-year-old son with Sophie, his second and much younger wife. On a holiday to Mauritius, she finally can no longer stand his immature behaviour and returns with the child to Paris. Gérard is given a room by his ex-wife and finds himself company for the nights. Taking Sophie and Antoine for a holiday to Sables d'Olonne, they meet up with Jeannot and his partner. The woman pounces on Gérard for a night's fling, but Jeannot is seriously drawn to Sophie and, moving in with her, helps looks after little Antoine. When a hospital in Auvergne rings to say that Gérard's father (“le garçu” in the local dialect) is on his deathbed, Sophie unhesitatingly goes there with him. Her support brings the two closer again, but Gérard is never going to grow up and Jeannot has become a father to the child.

Cast

* Gérard Depardieu – Gérard * Géraldine Pailhas – Sophie * Antoine Pialat – Antoine * Dominique Rocheteau – Jeannot *

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– Cathy * Élisabeth Depardieu – Micheline * Claude Davy – Le Garçu * Isabelle Costacurta – Isabelle

References

External links

* 1995 films 1990s French-language films 1995 drama films Films directed by Maurice Pialat French drama films 1990s French films {{1990s-France-film-stub