Le jardinier d'Argenteuil

1966 [FRENCH]

Action / Comedy / Crime

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Plot summary

Tulipe, is an old man who lives alone in an old railway carriage in the Argentueil region of Paris. His main passions are gardening and oil painting, but he also has a secret source of income. His godson discovers that Tulipe is actually a master forger, producing perfect copies of 10 franc notes. His godson’s girlfriend sees this as an opportunity to get very rich – but she must persuade Tulipe to forge 500 franc notes. Assuming Tulipe’s agreement, his godson and his girlfriend buy an expensive new car and luxury villa in provincial France – but there is a cruel turn of fate in store for them when Tulipe strikes up a friendship with a millionaire playboy.

Top cast

Curd Jürgens as Le Baron Edouard de Santis
Serge Gainsbourg as Patrick Gérard
Roland Malet as Un agent de police
Michel Dacquin as Le salutiste
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828.21 MB
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French 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 30 min
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1.5 GB
1920*816
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  fr  
24 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by creditcardjockey

The End is worth the wait

This film is absolutely adorable. Jean Gabin plays a retired race track gambler (Tulipe) who spends his time in his hobby garden. When he is approached by some relatives to "lauder" counterfeit Francs, he reluctantly develops a grandiose scheme to exchange the "blossoms" into real cash at the tracks. The End (which I won't spill here), is so hilarious as it is sad. Lilo Pulver's role is absolutely brilliant, as is Curd Jügens'. A film without violence for the whole family.
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Reviewed by vostf 2 / 10

Incredibly boring

Jean Gabin is cast as a very even-tempered character so once the premise is properly exposed (it already takes more than 20min.) there is not much to expect from him. Then the story plods along like they are just shooting some TV newsreel... and conversely a newsreel would be fiercely edited to be concise to a fault.

The supporting cast is mostly OK, great thespians are wasted here: a gang of old timers, Curd Jürgens... Noël Roquevert gets a bit part where color actually diminishes his usual colorful characterization. Serge Gainsbourg's score is non-descript and he kinda fumbles an easy part, always seeming to awkwardly look for his mark (that tells an awful lot about JP Le Chanois's directing engagement); Lilly Pulver is too old for the part and quite frankly just roaming through it (Le Chanois, again; fortunately he stopped making movies after this one).

This is so devoid of momentum, so lacking in energy it eventually looks like a vaudeville desperately trying to catch your attention by continually moving to a different set. Really a sore pain to watch till the end.

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