Strange Gardens

Lucien, 14, can’t understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himself by dressing up as a clown and giving a show. André, Lucien’s father’s best friend, feels for the teenager and decides to reveal something from their mutual past that will explain the reason for Lucien’s father’s strange behavior.

Comedy Drama

Jacques Villeret

(Jacques Pouzay)

André Dussollier

(André Designy)

Thierry Lhermitte

(Thierry Plaisance)

Benoît Magimel

(Emile Bailleul)

Suzanne Flon

(Marie Gerbier)

Isabelle Candelier

(Louise, Jacques' wife)

Victor Garrivier

(Félix Gerbier)

Bernard Collins

(Bernd)

Damien Jouillerot

(Lucien, Jacques's son)

Jean-Claude Durand

(Raoul, aka 'Cul Fanny')

Michel Cordes

(Boss of the shooting)

Nina-Paloma Polly

(Françoise, Jacques' daughter)

Maxime Fouard

(Paulo)

Solène Chavanne

(Suzy)

Romain Provvedi

(Maurice)

Mélanie Baxter-Jones

(Emile's daughter in 1944)

Juliette Delfau

(Girl at the village hall)

Romaine Friess

(Girl at the village hall)

Jacques Giraud

(Station master)

Gilles Jacquet

(Rural warden)

Bernard Bolzinger

(Man in town hall)

Manfred Andrae

(Major)

Alexander Held

(SS officer)

Michael Hanemann

(Sergeant)

Ernst-Georg Schwill

(Sergeant at the station)

Karl Jürgen Sihler

(SS interpreter)

Oliver Stern

(Referral sentry)

Cédric Weber

(Orderly)

Christian Koerner

(Otto)

Rémi Thiberge

(Karl)

Markus Fennert

(Fritz)