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JOIN A LONELY POSTMAN, A POETIC PROFESSOR,
LONG DISTANCE LOVERS, AND A FLIRTATIOUS
FLORIST IN THIS ENCHANTING FILM.

A FILM BY HELEN ALEXIS YONOV

A lonely postman (Gilbert) lives vicariously through hand-drawn postcards that a woman (Aurore) receives from her boyfriend (Eric) as he travels around the world. When the postcards suddenly stop, Gilbert begins to secretly recreate them. With the help of his friend Mr. Rostalle, (Paul Dooley) a blind widower and retired literary professor and 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 as he learns to express his feelings for the neighborhood florist (Eloïse.)

SYNOPSIS

Winner of 67 awards

screened at 93 festivals

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The Gesture & The Word - official trailer

“The success of The Gesture and The Word is not solely in the number of awards or festivals, but is mainly seen in the positive response that audiences have had after watching it. There has been an overwhelming desire to see it become a feature length film and it is this love for the film that has inspired me to return to this fictional world in order to continue the story. I look forward to the future for these characters.”

- Helen Alexis Yonov

a note from the director