A love story dedicated to unknown workers everywhere, this French import, set in a rundown Marseilles neighborhood, boasts impressive performances from leads Gerard Meylan and Ariane Ascaride, who won a 1997 Cesar Award for her portrayal of Jeannette. The
single mother of Magali (Laetitia Pesenti) and Malek (Milou Nacer), Jeannette is probably too old to be a check-out girl and definitely too feisty to put up with her boss's petty harassment. While she doesn't have much materially, Jeanette does have a companionable crew of neighbors, all living
off a common courtyard
a la the community Jean Renoir depicts in his masterful THE CRIME OF MONSIEUR LANGE. Jeanne...
Released:
1997
Rated:
NR
Length:
102 mins