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Completed - FRENCH - Historical, Drama - 103 minutes

Log Line

Traumatised by the trench warfare Georges Laffont travels to West Africa to rebuild his life. But his adventure leads him to a dead-end and he comes back to Paris where he will desperately try to find his place. 

Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : Emmanuel COURCOL
Writer(s) : Emmanuel COURCOL
Cast : Romain DURIS, Céline SALLETTE , Grégory GADEBOIS

Synopsis

In the early 1920s, Georges Laffont (Romain Duris) decides to leave his life behind and travel to West Africa.
But this adventure leads him to a dead-end, and he comes back to France where his brother Marcel (Grégory Gadebois), a war invalid, lives with their mother's.
After the war in Europe, life went on without him.
Georges will desperately try to find his place, with the help of Hélène (Céline Sallette), a sign language teacher with whom he will have a tumultuous relationship, and his family, that he selfishly left behind.
He will finally attempt to heal their wounds, and his.

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Country(ies) : FRANCE

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Festivals and Awards

RDV Unifrance 2017
Hong-Kong Filmart 2017
COLCOA 2017 North American


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