Le jardinier

Le jardinier

This is a surreal comedy is about a factory set in a barren landscape that dispenses a minute portion of water to stragglers carrying pans as receptacles. Inside, the workers seem to be doing nothing that makes any sense, and they are watched over by a periscope set up by twins who run the factory. An unexplained, plain woman living on the premises is sought after by the whimsical foreman (Maurice Benichou) -- also known as the "gardener" because he has planted flowers in the coal wagons that remain on a maze of train tracks -- the only "stock" owned by the company.

Top Cast

Maurice Bénichou

As The overseer

Michelle Marquais

As Madame

Jean Bollo

As The manager

Pierre Bolo

As The manager's brother

Claude Faraldo

As The winning workman

Daniel Laloux

As The father of the child

Geneviève Mnich

As The mother of the child

Georges Trillat

As The entertainer

Alain Frérot

As The eternal victim

Armand Babel

As The patriarch