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In the Courtyard (2014)
Director: Pierre Salvadori
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Pio Marmaï, Féodor Atkine, Nicolas Bouchaud
Runtime97 min
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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.
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In the Courtyard (2014), directed by Pierre Salvadori, is a critically acclaimed French drama-comedy that follows a musician who takes a job as a janitor and befriends an anxious retiree. The film has received positive reviews, though its audience reception on platforms like IMDb is not widely available.
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Fans of director Pierre Salvadori's quirky, character-driven dramas will appreciate the unique blend of comedy and melancholy in this 2014 film, which features standout performances from Catherine Deneuve and Pio Marmaï as an unlikely duo who form an awkward but heartwarming bond.
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In the Courtyard is a 2014 French comedy-drama film written and directed by Pierre Salvadori and starring Catherine Deneuve and Gustave Kervern. The film premiered at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival on 11 February 2014. Salvadori was awarded a Swann d'or for Best Director at the 2014 Cabourg Film Festival.
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