PASCAL JARDIN

Pascal Jardin (1934-1980), novelist, dialogue writer, night owl,... was the scriptwriter of : Angélique, Le Chat, La Veuve Couderc, Le Vieux fusil ... He is also the author of novels dedicated to his father: La Guerre à neuf ans, Le Nain jaune,... In 1997, he became the hero of a novel written by his son, Alexandre Jardin: le Zubial. Pascal Jardin was a regular visitor to Deauville, where his family from Normandy used to stay in cabin 152....

A small circle of initiates knows this cabin but also the tens of thousands of readers of Pascal Jardin's books: " La Guerre à neuf ans ", " Le Nain jaune ", "La Bête à bon dieu". The film-maker-novelist evokes it in his memories. As a baby and then as a little boy, he created his sand worlds, as he did later on in life, when he wrote the scripts and dialogues for a hundred or so films: " Le Vieux fusil" (The Old Gun), "Le Chat" (The Cat ), " La veuve Couderc " ( The Widow Couderc ), " Angélique " (Angelica), "Les Félins" (The Felines ), and so on... Exceptionally talented, he was the author of great successes that are now being shown on television and made available to the younger generations.