A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
November 19, 1997
Original Title:
Marius et Jeannette
Alternate Titles:
Marius and Jeannette
Marius e Jeannette
Marius och Jeannette
Marius und Jeannette
Marius und Jeannette - Eine Liebe in Marseille
Marius y Jeannette
Marius y Jeannette (Un amor en Marsella)
Мариус и Жаннетт
愛情不罷工
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
Canal+
La Sept Cinéma
Ville d'Aubagne
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
FR: U
Runtime: 105
Jeannette is a single mother living in a working-class community in Marseilles; she tries to support herself and her two kids on her salary as a check-out girl at a supermarket and lives in an apartment complex where everyone is thrown into close proximity with everyone else. Marius is working as a security guard at a cement factory that has gone out of business; he's also squatting in the building, since the plant is soon to be demolished and he'll be needing his money later on. One day, Jeannette happens by the factory, and spotting several cans of paint, tries to take two of them home with her. Marius spots her and tries to chase her away, while she rails at him with curses against the capitalist system. The next day, an apologetic Marius appears at her doorstep, cans of paint in hand; the two soon become friendly, and a romance begins to bloom, though it quickly becomes obvious that Jeannette's romance novel fantasies are a bit off the mark from what Marius has in mind.
Dialogue:
Robert Guédiguian
Director:
Robert Guédiguian
Director of Photography:
Bernard Cavalié
Editor:
Bernard Sasia
Producer:
Robert Guédiguian
Gilles Sandoz
Screenplay:
Jean-Louis Milesi
Robert Guédiguian
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