| Description |
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray |
| System Details |
Blu-ray, wide screen; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
French dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
Gérard Depardieu, Gisèle Casadesus. |
| Audience |
Rating: PG. |
| Summary |
In a small French town, Germain (Gřard Depardieu), a nearly illiterate man in his 50s and considered to be the village idiot, takes a walk to the park one day and happens to sit beside Margueritte, a little old lady who is reading excerpts from her novel aloud. She's articulate, highly intelligent and frail. Germain is lured by Margueritte's passion for life and the magic of literature from which he has always felt excluded. As Margueritte broadens his mind via reading excerpts from her novel, Germain realizes that he is more of an intellectual than he has ever allowed himself to be. Afternoons spent reading aloud on their favorite bench transform their lives and start them both on a new journey, to literacy and respect for Germain, and to the deepest friendship for Margueritte. |
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Friendship -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Intergenerational relations -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Literacy -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Illiterate persons -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Fiction films.
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Foreign films, French.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Casadesus, Gisèle, actor.
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Becker, Jean, 1933- director.
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Depardieu, Gérard, 1948- actor.
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Cohen Media Group, publisher.
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| Standard No. |
738329258344 |
| Music No. |
K25834 Cohen Media Group |
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