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Movie Info

A French postman dedicates 33 years of his life to building his daughter a stone palace.

Genre:

biography
Original Language:

French (France)
Director:

Nils Tavernier
Producer:

Alexandra Fechner, Franck Milcent
Writer:

Nils Tavernier, Laurent Bertoni, Fanny Desmares
Runtime:

1h 45m
Production Co:

Fechner Films, SND

Cast & Crew

Jacques Gamblin
Le facteur Joseph-Ferdinand Cheval

Laetitia Casta
Philomène Cheval

Florence Thomassin
Félicienne

Bernard Le Coq
Auguste

Natacha Lindinger
Garance

Zélie Rixhon
Alice Cheval

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Critic Reviews for The Ideal Palace

All Critics (4) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (1)

The movie is seductively pleasurable, for most of its length. Tavernier corrals the emotions and restricts musical embellishment, concentrating on the powerful landscape and Cheval's life within it.

December 11, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
The film fails to go beyond Cheval's self-absorption. [Full review in Spanish]

November 5, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Paula Arantzazu Ruiz
Cinemanía (Spain)
A love story that transcends words is reinforced year by year and stone by stone.

December 11, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Andiee Paviour
Nobody's Reading This But Me
The Ideal Palace is an affectionate, but quite often surprisingly gritty film.

June 21, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Graeme Tuckett
Stuff.co.nz