Mis Tardes Con Margueritte -
On the other side, we have (played by the luminous Gisèle Casadesus). She is a 95-year-old woman, frail as a sparrow, who sits on a public bench in the park every day, feeding the pigeons and reading from her worn-out copy of Albert Camus’ The Plague .
As Margueritte says: "It’s a wonderful encounter. We came from nowhere. We are nothing. But we exist." mis tardes con margueritte
That line cuts to the heart of the film’s message. The world often confuses education with intelligence, and literacy with worth. Germain is not stupid; he was simply never given the chance to learn. He was told he was worthless so many times that he started to believe it. On the other side, we have (played by
