Mis Tardes - Con Margueritte

In return, Germain gives Margueritte something she desperately needs: company. Her family has abandoned her in a nursing home. She is waiting out her final days, invisible to the world. But Germain sees her. He brings her fresh vegetables from his garden. He makes her laugh. He carries her walker up the steps. One of the most powerful moments in Mis tardes con Margueritte is when Germain admits, "I’m stupid." Margueritte gently replies: "You are not stupid. You are just unlucky."

Watch My Afternoons with Margueritte on a quiet Sunday afternoon. Have a box of tissues nearby. And afterward, call someone who made a difference in your life—or better yet, go sit on a park bench and offer a kind word to a stranger. mis tardes con margueritte

As Margueritte says: "It’s a wonderful encounter. We came from nowhere. We are nothing. But we exist." But Germain sees her

On the other side, we have (played by the luminous Gisèle Casadesus). She is a 95-year-old woman, frail as a sparrow, who sits on a public bench in the park every day, feeding the pigeons and reading from her worn-out copy of Albert Camus’ The Plague . He carries her walker up the steps