The Gesture and The Word

May 25, 2020

0h 23m

★ 7.0

Overview

A lonely postman (Gilbert) secretly recreates postcards for a woman (Aurore) on his postal route when her boyfriend's homemade postcards stop arriving from his travels around the world. With the help of his friend Mr. Rostalle, (Paul Dooley) a blind widower and retired literary professor/poet, Gilbert (James Michael Tyler) learns to open himself up to the prospect of love, and in the process of trying to bring someone else happiness, discovers it for himself.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

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Cast

Gilbert

James Michael Tyler

Mr. Rostalle

Paul Dooley

Aurore

Roxane Mesquida

Eloise

Nicole LaLiberte

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