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A Second Chance
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A Second Chance

Sep 30, 1976
1h 45m
★ 6.1

Overview

Imprisoned as an accessory to murder, Catherine gives birth to a son she conceived in prison. Eighteen years later, her sentence served, she is reunited with the boy, Simon, who has remained in an orphanage the entire time. She is accompanied by toothsome prison buddy Sarah, and gradually these people whose lives have been frozen in time "thaw" and get on with the business of living.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Les Films 13

Cast

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Berger

Catherine Deneuve

Anouk Aimée

Sarah Gordon

Anouk Aimée

Charles Denner

L'avocat

Charles Denner

Francis Huster

Patrick

Francis Huster

Colette Baudot

Lucienne Lanot

Colette Baudot

Jean-Jacques Briot

Simon Berger

Jean-Jacques Briot

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Le bijouter

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Valérie Lagrange

Valérie Lagrange

Manuella Papatakis

La fille de Sarah

Manuella Papatakis

Georges Staquet

Georges Staquet

Jacques Villeret

L'agent immobilier

Jacques Villeret

Niels Arestrup

Henri Lanot

Niels Arestrup

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