Maddened by His Absence

Oct 31, 2012

1h 38m

★ 5.9

Overview

After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 year old son, Paul. Upon his return, Jacques and Mado meet again; he asks to meet her son Paul; Mado hesitates, then accepts but hides it from her husband. Soon, Paul and Jacques get close and they start to see each other secretly.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Iris Group

Mon Voisin Productions

Mosaïque Films

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Cast

Jacques

William Hurt

Mado

Alexandra Lamy

Stéphane

Augustin Legrand

Paul

Jalil Mehenni

Félix

Matteo Trevisan

Geneviève

Françoise Oriane

Le notaire

Norbert Rutili

Le comissaire priseur

Serge Hutry

La secrétaire

Colette Kieffer

La serveuse

Véronique Fauconnet

Le chauffeur

Jean-François Wolff

Le chauffeur 2

Gilles Soeder

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