Stella

Nov 12, 2008

1h 43m

★ 6.8

Overview

Paris, 1977. Eleven year old Stella knows poker better than grammar when she starts the year at a prestigious new school. There, she discovers the possibilities of a whole new world outside her parents' bar.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Les Films du Veyrier

Stella Trailers

Cast

Stella

Léora Barbara

Gladys

Mélissa Rodriguès

Geneviève

Laëtitia Guerard

Roselyne, la mère de Stella

Karole Rocher

Serge, le père de Stella

Benjamin Biolay

Alain Bernard

Guillaume Depardieu

Loïc

Johan Libéreau

Bubu

Jeannick Gravelines

Mme Tillier-Dumas, professeur d'histoire geographie

Valérie Stroh

Yvon

Thierry Neuvic

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