Graziella (2015)
Directed by Mehdi Charef

Drama

Film Synopsis

He was a projectionist who had the happy feeling of participating in the creation of films.  She was a nurse who danced in the evenings.  Thanks to his resemblance to Picasso, she loved him from a distance without knowing it.  That was twenty years ago, another life.  Fate and prison reunite them.  They are completing their sentences at a boarding school during the autumn holidays.  Prison doesn't have to be Hell.  Graziella and Antoine are ready for whatever comes their way in their bid to survive...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Mehdi Charef
  • Script: Mehdi Charef
  • Cinematographer: Giorgos Arvanitis
  • Music: Éric Neveux
  • Cast: Rossy de Palma (Graziella), Denis Lavant (Antoine), Claire Nebout, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Bruno Lochet, François Négret
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 99 min

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