Running time: 1997 Year of production: 102' Rating: Not rated Gauge: 16& 35mm (color)
Distributor: New Yorker Films
"A
real ensemble piece. It makes you fantasize about the pleasure of
living next door to everyone involved." Amy Taubin, The Village
Voice.
Set
in the working-class area of Marseilles, Marius et Jeannette
tells the love story between two very unlikely people. Jeannette,
a single mother with a history of unlucky relationships meets the
ageing Marius, a recovering alcoholic when he catches her stealing
paint from an abandoned factory. Instead of turning her over to the
authorities, he offers to help paint her house. As a misunderstanding
threatens to destroy the relationship their concerned neighbors become
involved in an effort to patch things up.
