L'Aide Au Retour

Jan 1, 2009

0h 18m

★ 10.0

Overview

Sofija and Miroslav are two immigrants who live in France without papers with their two sons. To avoid being evicted, the State proposes them a grant if they go back to their country of orgine, the one from which fled.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Takami Productions

L'Aide Au Retour Trailers

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Cast

Miroslav

Goran Kostić

Sofia

Mila Savic

La fonctionnaire

Aïssa Maïga

L'hôtesse d'accueil

Valérie Pangrazzi

L'employé

Samuel Mathieu

Le businessman

Jean-Charles Dumay

L'homme du hall

Amine Yam

Le fils

Dane Kostic

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