Le jardinier

The story

This is a surreal comedy is about a factory set in a barren landscape that dispenses a minute portion of water to stragglers carrying pans as receptacles. Inside, the workers seem to be doing nothing that makes any sense, and they are watched over by a periscope set up by twins who run the factory. An unexplained, plain woman living on the premises is sought after by the whimsical foreman (Maurice Benichou) -- also known as the "gardener" because he has planted flowers in the coal wagons that remain on a maze of train tracks -- the only "stock" owned by the company.

Cast & crew

Maurice BénichouThe overseer

Michelle MarquaisMadame

Jean Bollo

Jean BolloThe manager

Pierre Bolo

Pierre BoloThe manager's brother

Claude FaraldoThe winning workman

Daniel LalouxThe father of the child

Geneviève MnichThe mother of the child

Georges TrillatThe entertainer

Alain FrérotThe eternal victim

Armand BabelThe patriarch

François DyrekThe thief of water