"Housework is not lacking in nobility" said Paul Volfoni in Les Tontons flingueurs ... Intelligent to the point of idleness, Mike Jagger adopted this philosophy and filmed himself going about his daily business, hammer or spade to by hand, in his property in Touraine where he has been staying very regularly for forty years now.
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We know it Jagger likes above all to enjoy with a full "satisfaction" of the passing time. And soon 77 years old - on July 26th exactly - he is determined to spend his days usefully in his superb castle of Pocé-sur-Cisse, near Amboise, a few leagues from the manor of Leonardo da Vinci.
The most famous of the Rolling Stones has a thousand resources and never seems short of imagination. In the morning, he gardens in his vegetable patch. Then, he rests for a few minutes strumming his guitar.
The afternoon is just as busy. Armed with a hammer and nails, he first reinforces a failing shutter before leaving for his garage and putting his nose into the engine of his classic car. Finally in the evening, he concocts small dishes of which he jealously keeps the secret.
Mick Jagger or happiness is in the meadow
This is part of his legend, the legendary Mike Jagger is a Francophone and a Francophile passionate about the language of Molière and the history of our sweet France. And confinement is not synonymous with exile and withdrawal, he keeps abreast of news from the world and his beautiful province by reading, every day, one of the flagships of our regional daily press, The New Republic .
Happiness is in the pre says popular common sense and now Mike Jagger who loves more than anything to walk around his property among his sheep. And of course also prune his roses like our national Louis de Funès because, he knows, the important thing is the rose and the charity Save the Children for whom he directed this little film full of charm ... for our greatest satisfaction.
Mick Jagger or happiness in confinement ...