The Rose Maker
| The Rose Maker | |
|---|---|
| French | La fine fleur |
| Directed by | Pierre Pinaud |
| Written by | Fadette Drouard Philippe Le Guay Pierre Pinaud |
| Produced by | Stéphanie Carreras Philippe Pujo |
| Starring | Catherine Frot |
| Cinematography | Guillaume Deffontaines |
| Edited by | Valérie Deseine Loïc Lallemand |
| Music by | Mathieu Lamboley |
Production companies | Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma Estrella Productions France 3 Cinéma |
| Distributed by | Charades Diaphana Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $6.4 million [1] |
| Box office | $2.9 million[2] |
The Rose Maker (French: La fine fleur) is a 2020 French comedy film, directed by Pierre Pinaud.[3] The film stars Catherine Frot as Ève Vernet, a formerly successful rose grower on the verge of bankruptcy, who hires three workers with no horticultural skills and must train them to help save her business.[4]
Plot
[edit]Ève Vernet, a renowned rose designer, runs a horticultural company inherited from her father, which is experiencing serious financial difficulties. Its secretary recruited three employees on a reintegration contract without horticultural training.
Ève's business name and skills are coveted by a powerful competitor, Lamarzelle, whom she does not support, because he does not share her professional ethics and is above all guided by the thirst for profit.
Ève wants to create a new hybrid from an exceptional rose, of which Lamarzelle has one of the very few examples. As the latter refused to collaborate, which was contrary to the habits of the profession, she decided to exploit the offender's experience of Fred, one of her three new employees, by going to steal the rose she coveted.
The burglary succeeded, and Ève realized on this occasion that Fred had an exceptional sense of smell that could open the doors to a career in perfumery. Ève carries out the hybridization on which all its hopes of saving its business is based.
In order to meet financial obligations until hybrids are flowering, Samir and Nadège sell roses door-to-door. Following a hail shower that caused much damage to her crops, she resigns herself to mortgage her house and sell some of her furniture.
Unfortunately, hybridization does not give the results it expected, the flowers obtained do not meet expectations. Ève then resigns to selling her business to Lamarzelle. As she prepares to sign the sales contract, Nadège realizes that one of the hybrids she, Samir and Fred have made to practice, has produced an exceptional rose bush that could win a award. Ève then does not proceed with the sale. The new rose won the gold medal in the Concours international de roses nouvelles de Bagatelle (International competition for new roses). Fred leaves for Paris to begin his training in perfumery.
Cast
[edit]- Catherine Frot as Ève Vernet
- Melan Omerta as Fred
- Fatsah Bouyahmed as Samir
- Olivia Côte as Véra
- Marie Petiot as Nadège
- Vincent Dedienne as Lamarzelle
Production
[edit]The film entered production in 2019.[5]
The film premiered on 29 August 2020 at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival.[6] It was subsequently screened at several francophone or bilingual film festivals in Canada, including the 2020 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival[7] and the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival.[8] It is slated to premiere commercially in 2021.[9]
Reception
[edit]On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 96% based on 23 reviews.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "La Fine fleur (The Rose Maker) (2021)". JP Box-Office.
- ^ "The Rose Maker (2022)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
- ^ Pierre Vavasseur, "Festival du film francophone : le cinéma reprend des forces à Angoulême". Le Parisien, 2 September 2020.
- ^ Elsa Keslassy, "Cannes: Charades Boards The Rose Maker, Lynn + Lucy, Africa Mia". Variety, 7 May 2019.
- ^ Fabien Lemercier, "Catherine Frot filming The Rose Maker". Cineuropa, 10 October 2019.
- ^ Fabien Lemercier, "Angoulême unveils a tantalising line-up". Cineuropa, 10 July 2020.
- ^ David Friend, "Cinefest showcases two episodes of Trickster on Thursday". The Sudbury Star, 23 September 2020.
- ^ Marie-Hélène Paquin, "52 films présentés en première au Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue". Ici Radio-Canada Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Catherine Frot : 'La scène me manque'". France Musique, 26 October 2020.
- ^ The Rose Maker at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved 25 January 2025.