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Overview

Achille, 13, awaits, full of hope, the release from prison of his father, unknown and fantasized. His dream of living as a threesome, like a real family, will be seriously undermined by a mother exhausted from waiting and this father who is unsuitable and made irresponsible by so many years of incarceration. Will this vulnerable person with a flamboyant past be able to keep the promise he made to his son to never live apart from him again?

Cast: Alexandre Etzlinger, Roy Dupuis, Sabine Timoteo, Christophe Sermet, Ludivine Geschworner, more

Director: Séverine Cornamusaz

Genres: Drama

Cast

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Alexandre Etzlinger

Achille

Roy Dupuis

Joe

Sabine Timoteo

Pénélope

Christophe Sermet

Alexis

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Ludivine Geschworner

Mathilde

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Thierry Jorand

Joe's boss

Isabelle Caillat

Police officer 1

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Michel Demierre

Police officer 2

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Serge Musy

Police officer 3

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Marco Calamandrei

Prison guard

Lionel Fresard

Prison guard x-ray

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Pascal Parizot

Supermarket client

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Mathilde Mélèse

Supermarket employee

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Lionel Blanc

Classmate

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Eliott Favre

Baby Achille

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