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Jan 16, 2019 · The Ideal Palace: Directed by Nils Tavernier. With Jacques Gamblin, Laetitia Casta, Florence Thomassin, Bernard Le Coq. Cheval is a postman who travels every day along the Drôme. He meets the woman of his life, Philomena and from their union Alice was born.
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- Biography, Drama
- Nils Tavernier
- 2019-01-16
Dec 11, 2019 · The Ideal Palace is the story of how Cheval built one of the wonders of France – a fantasy palace 12 metres high and more than 30 metres long, from river stones, fossils, pebbles and shells. He worked on it for 33 years, mostly under candlelight.
A French postman dedicates 33 years of his life to building his daughter a stone palace. The movie is seductively pleasurable, for most of its length. Tavernier corrals the emotions and restricts...
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- Jacques Gamblin
- Nils Tavernier
- Biography
From their union is born Alice. For this child whom he loves more than anything else, Cheval throws himself into a crazy bet: to build for her with his own hands, an incredible palace. Never spared from life's trials, this ordinary man will not give up and will devote 33 years to build an extraordinary work: "The Ideal Palace".
A love story that transcends words is reinforced year by year and stone by stone. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 11, 2019. The Ideal Palace is an affectionate, but quite often ...
Jun 26, 2019 · The Ideal Palace is rated PG for some tasteful nudity and is playing limited sessions at your favourite local arthouse cinema. Graeme Tuckett reviewed the film for Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan on Friday 21 June.
Dec 12, 2019 · The Ideal Palace retells the true story – and retraces the footsteps – of Joseph Ferdinand Cheval (played by Jacques Gamblin), a happily introverted, almost verbally and emotionally repressed postman, who… builds a palace for his daughter. And by doing so, is able to express some pretty epic emotions.
