Marius and Jeannette

Marius and Jeannette (1997)

Marius et Jeannette

Jeannette is a single mother living in a working-class community in Marseilles; she tries to support herself and her two kids on her salary as a check-out girl at a supermarket and lives in an apartment complex where everyone is thrown into close proximity with everyone else. Marius is working as a security guard at a cement factory that has gone out of business; he's also squatting in the building, since the plant is soon to be demolished and he'll be needing his money later on. One day, Jeannette happens by the factory, and spotting several cans of paint, tries to take two of them home with her. Marius spots her and tries to chase her away, while she rails at him with curses against the capitalist system. The next day, an apologetic Marius appears at her doorstep, cans of paint in hand; the two soon become friendly, and a romance begins to bloom, though it quickly becomes obvious that Jeannette's romance novel fantasies are a bit off the mark from what Marius has in mind.

Date of release
1997-11-19
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (62)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
Director
Robert Guédiguian

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $18M
  • Filmed in: Marseille
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Louis Delluc Prize

Marius and Jeannette is a 1997 French film directed by Robert Guédiguian. It won the Louis Delluc Prize and the César Award for Best Actress, and received César nominations for Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Most Promising Actress and Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.

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