Cruel

Feb 1, 2017

1h 48m

★ 5.4

Overview

Pierre Tardieu, a day laborer, lives with his sick father. Reminiscing about his childhood with his mother on the beach, he can't free himself from her. Murdering someone becomes the only way of realizing his existence. One day, he meets a pianist called Laure in a bookstore and falls in love with her.

Genres

Crime

Horror

Production Companies

Région Midi-Pyrénées

De Pure Fiction

Walter Films

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Cast

Pierre Tardieu

Jean-Jacques Lelté

Damien Pasquet

Richard Duval

Gabriel Tardieu

Maurice Poli

Laure Ouari

Magali Moreau

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4.8

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7.4

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7.2

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6.8

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0.0

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6.9

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7.7

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7.4

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6.7

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6.2

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6.2

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5.3

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5.3

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4.4

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7.5

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6.8

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5.0

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