L'Orpheline avec en plus un bras en moins (2012)
Directed by Jacques Richard

Comedy / Drama

Film Synopsis

Eléonore is an attractive young girl, about twenty years in age, who has lost both her parents and an arm in a terrible accident.  At present, she lives in an orphanage in Burgundy.  Judge London, a local magistrate, takes an interest in her and invites her to stay at his château, with the intention of adopting her as his own daughter.  Unbeknown to her mysterious protector, Eléonore is in love with Robinson, who works as an illusionist at nightclub belonging to the shady entrepreneur Renaud Duraquet.  When a series of odious crimes are perpetrated on several young woman, suspicion falls on Robinson, on account of his far from unblemished past.  Meanwhile, Judge London's interest in Eléonore takes on a darker hue when it is revealed that he has taken to watching her without her knowing through a one-way mirror...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jacques Richard
  • Script: Roland Topor, Jacques Richard
  • Cinematographer: Florent Astolfi, David Cailley, Jacques Richard
  • Music: Thierry Boulanger, Béatrice Thiriet
  • Cast: Jean-Claude Dreyfus (Renaud Duraquet), Noémie Merlant (Éléonore), Elodie Hachet (Rita), Dominique Pinon (L'inspecteur Lamentin), Melvil Poupaud (Robinson), Caroline Loeb (Maggy), Fabrice Carlier (Omar), Pasquale D'Inca (Le juge George London), Marianne N'Diaye (Dédée), Marie-France (AssistanteYujiro), Marie Marczack (Soeur Marthe), Kentaro (Yujiro), Nil Dudoignon-Valade (Le juge - enfant), Lydie Lacroix (La danseuse polonaise), Fabrice Ilia Leroy (Le curé), Mariame N'Diaye (Dédée), Giulia Richard (Cécile), Nicolas Topor (Le chef cuisinier), Jacques Richard (Le surveillant du magasin)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 97 min

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