PASCAL JARDIN
Writer
The tenant of cabin 152
Pascal Jardin (1934-1980), novelist, dialogue writer, night owl... was the screenwriter for : 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 frequent visitor to Deauville, where his family from Normandy rented cabin 152....
A small circle of insiders know this cabin, but so do 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 filmmaker-novelist recalls it in his memories. As a baby and then as a little boy, he created his sand worlds, just as he later wrote the scripts and dialogues for some one hundred films: Le Vieux fusil , Le Chat, La veuve Couderc, Angélique, Les Félins etc. Exceptionally gifted, he was the author of great successes that television broadcasts have introduced to younger generations.