Overview
A heartwarming tale of friendship that transcends age and literacy, revealing the power of words.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- sentimental
- warm
- wistful
- quiet afternoon
- comfort viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film sentimental and treacly but ultimately genuinely affecting, with a simple, well-told story anchored by Gérard Depardieu.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Margueritte's reading aloud and Germain's ability to remember her words form the central mechanism of his development.
Germain's chance friendship with the elderly, sophisticated Margueritte connects his harsh life to her cultivated perspective.
Germain is treated as simple and semi-literate, yet his unusual memory and receptiveness reveal capacities dismissed by those around him.
The film combines Germain's harsh past, his girlfriend's incomprehension, and friends' laughter with an explicitly gentle environment and affecting emotional payoff.
Films like My Afternoons with Margueritte, and why
Forrest Gump
sentimental character growth, gentle outsider protagonist, and warm humanist comedy-drama
The Reader
literary friendship, intergenerational connection, and affecting redemption arc
The Intouchables
quiet humanist storytelling centered on an unlikely friendship and emotional healing
The Taste of Others
tender provincial character study combining comedy, social marginalization, and personal transformation
Movie Details
- Director
- Jean Becker
- Release Date
- 2010-06-02
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (257)
Cast
- Gérard Depardieu
- Maurane
- Gisèle Casadesus
- Jean-François Stévenin
- Patrick Bouchitey
- François-Xavier Demaison
- Claire Maurier
- Sophie Guillemin
- Anne Le Guernec
- Mélanie Bernier
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Cohen Media Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is My Afternoons with Margueritte about?
- A semi-literate gardener discovers intellectual confidence and emotional refuge through a tender friendship with an elderly woman who introduces him to the power of books.
- What is My Afternoons with Margueritte like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of My Afternoons with Margueritte as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is My Afternoons with Margueritte violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in My Afternoons with Margueritte.
- What did critics think of My Afternoons with Margueritte?
- Critics broadly found the film sentimental and treacly but ultimately genuinely affecting, with a simple, well-told story anchored by Gérard Depardieu.
- Which films are like My Afternoons with Margueritte?
- Films with a similar feel include Forrest Gump, The Reader, The Intouchables, and The Taste of Others.
- How long is My Afternoons with Margueritte?
- My Afternoons with Margueritte runs 82 minutes.
- Where can I watch My Afternoons with Margueritte?
- In United States, My Afternoons with Margueritte streams on Cohen Media Amazon Channel.
