
Feature film — 2014
In the Courtyard (2014)
Antoine is a musician. The forties, he suddenly decides to end his career. After a few days of wandering, he gets a job as a janitor. Mathilde lives in the old building in the east of Paris where he takes office. This is a young retiree, generous and involved, who divides his time between his associational activities and the life of the condominium. One night, she discovers a disturbing crack on the wall of his living room. Gradually, his anxiety grew to turn into panic and if the building collapsed ... Slowly, Antoine befriends the woman he feared to see slip into madness. Between slips and concerns, both form an awkward tandem, humorous and solidarity which will, perhaps, through this bad patch.
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A high-signal pick with 89 votes.
France 2 Cinéma
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Director: Pierre Salvadori
On screen
Cast & crew

Catherine Deneuve
Mathilde

Pio Marmaï
Stéphane

Féodor Atkine
Serge

Nicolas Bouchaud
Laurent Maillard

Gustave Kervern
Antoine Le Garrec

Lévanah Solomon
Little girl from the suburbs
Oleg Kupchik
Lev

Michèle Moretti
Colette

Garance Clavel
Antoine's ex wife

Carole Franck
Temporary employment agency advisor

Olivier Charasson
The specialist
Bruno Netter
Monsieur Vigo
