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2009 | Color | 1h 50

Police commissioner Paul Bellamy is spending his holiday in the south of France, in a house belonging to the family of his wife, Françoise, who opted instead for a cruise to the end of the world. Paul doesn’t want to be without his wife,
but he hates travelling. His holiday will be very different this year--especially when two characters join him. Paul’s half-brother Jacques, and Noël Gentil, who he fears, might have killed a man.


Country: Francia
Direction: Chabrol; Claude
Script: Barski; Odile, Chabrol; Claude
Production: Godeau; Patrick
Photography: Serra; Eduardo
Sound: Lebon; Thierry, Devulder; Eric
Music: Chabrol; Matthieu
Cast:Cornillac; Clovis, Bunel; Marie, Giocante; Vahina, Matheron; Marie, Pauly; Adrienne, Verhoeven; Yves, Abraham Kremer; Bruno, Depardieu; Gérard, Gamblin; Jacques, Pauly; Rodolphe
Participation year at FICM: 2009

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