
Strange Gardens (2003)
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.
Cast

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

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

Solène Chavanne
Suzy

Mélanie Baxter-Jones
Emile's daughter in 1944

Jacques Giraud
Station master

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

Markus Fennert
Fritz