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The Poppy Woman (La femme coquelicot, 2005) Director: Jerome Foulon For Poppy Woman Francoise Fabian and Jean-Pierre Cassel won a Special award whereas Jerome Foulon won the Artistic Achievement award at the Fiction Festival of Saint-Tropez 2005. Did you know that a poppy is said to be the flower of desire? That this desire can bloom even over the age of 70? Do you doubt that? Well, take a look at Marthe (Françoise Fabian). In her twilight years, Marthe meets Felix (Jean-Pierre Cassel), a 75-year-old painter who sees things in life as being red. This hue stirs the romantic girl who has always lain dormant in Marthe, turning her tidy existence upside-down. Marthe slowly changes from being a little church mouse into a woman of flaming passion, a poppy woman... But experiencing burning love also means discovering gnawing jealousy. It doesn't take much to feel too old and for love to see a cruel illusion. |
