Une chance sur deux (1998)
Directed by Patrice Leconte

Adventure / Comedy / Drama

Film Synopsis

Shortly after the death of her mother, Alice leaves prison having completed a sentence for car theft.  She discovers that her mother has left her an audio cassette on which she sheds some light on the mystery of her birth.  Alice has never met her father, and her mother has refused to tell her anything about him.  Now she reveals that he is one of two men - Léo Brassac or Julien Vignal, both successful businessmen.  But how is Alice to discover which of the two men is her father...?
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Film Credits

  • Director: Patrice Leconte
  • Script: Jean-Marc Paland, Marc Pécas, Bruno Tardon, Patrick Dewolf, Serge Frydman (dialogue), Patrice Leconte
  • Cinematographer: Steven Poster
  • Music: Alexandre Desplat
  • Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo (Léo Brassac), Alain Delon (Julien Vignal), Vanessa Paradis (Alice Tomaso), Eric Defosse (Carella), Aleksandr Yakovlev (Trenchcoat Killer), Valeri Gatayev (Anatoli Sharkov), Michel Aumont (Ledoyen), Jacques Roman (Maître Varinot), Philippe Magnan (Juge prison), Olivier Parenty (Adjoint Carella), M'bembo (Maryline), Guillaume Rannou (Voyou boîte de nuit), Arnaud Churin (Tête de noeud), Luis Jaime-Cortez (Angel Vargas), Vladislas Duport (Fils de Sharkov), Vitali Nikitine (Papaniewski), Bata (Gourgounov), Paul Poggi (M. Perolaz), Bobby Pacha (Mécano clandestin), Sandrine Caron (Maitre d'hôtel Ermitage)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French / Russian
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 110 min

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