I just ran across this film on cable TV and had not heard anything about it and was pleased by its gentle,humorous story. I won't go into plot details,but would like to comment on how so many reviewers mention that this kind of film is almost only done in French cinema. Even while I was watching this film I was remind of the film Fried Green Tomatoes,in which an older woman helps a younger woman become more confident in her middle aged life through flashback tales of her early 1900's,rural youth and loves.That film is full of love between a young woman and her family,between the black family that lives with them,and between the girl that she rescues from a bad marriage,and the child that they raise together.Another reviewer also mentioned Driving Miss Daisy,a film that's about the loving relationship that develops between a widow and her chauffeur.There's also the Before Sunrise films and many others. So I do think that fairly small films exploring close relationships aren't the sole oeuvre of the French. I would like to see a American version of this story. Would Betty White be a good fit for a role that's not too comic? Who should play Germain? I hope His love interest would be not quite so much younger than him.
Review of My Afternoons with Margueritte
