At nine a.m. Laurent receives a text message. A minute later his
mobile phone is stolen. At 9:30 his son goes missing. At
ten o'clock his house goes up in flames. At 10:30 his company
goes into liquidation, fifteen minutes after he learned his wife has
left him. At eleven a.m. he is in police custody. It is
here that his troubles really begin...
Script: Laurent Bénégui,
Gabriel Julien-Laferrière
Cinematographer: Axel Cosnefroy
Cast: Guillaume de Tonquedec (Laurent),
Anne Marivin (Nathalie),
Franck Dubosc (Vincent),
Géraldine Pailhas (Stéphane),
Philippe Lefebvre (Sampieri),
Timothé Von Dorp (Milo),
Naidra Ayadi (Leila),
Oleg Kupchik (Fedor)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 84 min
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