Françoise Dolto, for the love of children

Sep 12, 2008

1h 38m

★ 6.8

Overview

After the Second World War, Claude, son of communist resistance fighters, whose mother died in Auschwitz, and Ben, child of a prostitute and a Jew, face the demons that haunt them with the help of Françoise Dolto.

Genres

Drama

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

Les films du Worso

Entre Chien et Loup

RTBF

TF1

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Cast

Françoise Dolto

Josiane Balasko

Claude

Maxime Berger

Ben

Milan Argaud

Jenny

Florence Pernel

Madeleine

Chantal Banlier

Tante Renée

Cécile Vangrieken

Maurice

Jean-Michel Vovk

Tom

Georges Siatidis

Rutène

Philippe Laudenbach

Eldest son of Françoise Dolto

Cléry Khedhir

Colette

Muriel Jacobs

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