A French drama; A story set in a small provincial French town about an illiterate middle-aged man considered to be the village idiot and seemingly disregarded all his life by his mother. He meets an elderly lady in the park - an intellectual - who takes to his gentle manner and kindness and reads stories to him, and soon they have a bond of strong friendship.
This is a funny and moving film with two very good lead performances and the actors help it to avoid heart-tugging sentimentality. While it is predictable and cliché ridden, and it has a sickly sweet ending, it yields a lot of warmth and emotional radiance.
Review of My Afternoons with Margueritte
