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'The Rose Maker' is a French comedy film, directed by and released in 2020.[Pierre Vavasseur, [https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/cinema/festival-du-film-francophone-le-cinema-reprend-des-forces-a-angouleme-02-09-2020-8377545.php "Festival du film francophone : le cinma reprend des forces Angoulme"]. 'Le Parisien', 2 September 2020.]
The film stars Catherine Frot as Eve 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.[Elsa Keslassy, [https://variety.com/2019/film/global/charades-boards-the-rose-maker-lynn-lucy-africa-mia-ahead-of-cannes-exclusive-1203207540/ "Cannes: Charades Boards The Rose Maker, Lynn + Lucy, Africa Mia"]. 'Variety', 7 May 2019.] The cast also includes Fatsah Bouyahmed, Olivier Breitman, Olivia Cte, Vincent Dedienne, Melan Omerta and Marie Petiot.[Fabien Lemercier, [https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/379518/ "Catherine Frot filming The Rose Maker"]. 'Cineuropa', 10 October 2019.]
The film entered production in 2019.[
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The film premiered on 29 August 2020 at the Angoulme Film Festival.[Fabien Lemercier, [https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/390086/ "Angoulme unveils a tantalising line-up"]. 'Cineuropa', 10 July 2020.] It was subsequently screened at several francophone or bilingual film festivals in Canada, including the Cinfest Sudbury International Film Festival[David Friend, [https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/cinefest-showcases-two-episodes-of-trickster-on-thursday "Cinefest showcases two episodes of Trickster on Thursday"]. 'Sudbury Star', 23 September 2020.] and the Abitibi-Tmiscamingue International Film Festival.[Marie-Hlne Paquin, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1742548/programmation-festival-cinema-international-abitibi-temiscamingue "52 films prsents en premire au Festival du cinma international en Abitibi-Tmiscamingue"]. Ici Radio-Canada Abitibi-Tmiscamingue, 20 October 2020.] It is slated to premiere commercially in 2021.[[https://www.francemusique.fr/emissions/l-invite-du-jour/catherine-frot-la-scene-me-manque-88392 "Catherine Frot : 'La scne me manque'"]. France Musique, 26 October 2020.]
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 95% based on 21 reviews, with an average rating of 6.50/10.
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