The Second Act

May 14, 2024

1h 20m

★ 6.1

Overview

Florence wants to introduce David, the man she’s madly in love with, to her father Guillaume. But David isn’t attracted to Florence and wants to throw her into the arms of his friend Willy. The four characters meet in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Chi-Fou-Mi Productions

ARTE France Cinéma

The Second Act Trailers

Cast

Florence Drucker

Léa Seydoux

David

Louis Garrel

Guillaume Tardieu

Vincent Lindon

Willy

Raphaël Quenard

Stéphane Jouvet

Manuel Guillot

A.I. Avatar

Laurent Nicolas

Intriguing Extra 1

Françoise Gazio

Agent

Valérie Vogt

Florence's Mom

Hélène Alexandridis

Florence's Daughter

Thémis Terrier-Thiébaux

Intriguing Extra 2

Régine Mondion

Asssitant Director

Max Nicolas

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