Wild Grass

May 20, 2009

1h 44m

★ 6.1

Overview

Marguerite loses her wallet, and it's found by Georges, a seemingly happy head of family. As he looks through the wallet and examines the photos of Marguerite, he finds he's fascinated with her and her life, and soon his curiosity about her becomes an obsession.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

F Comme Film

StudioCanal

France 2 Cinéma

BiM Distribuzione

Wild Grass Trailers

Cast

Georges Palet

André Dussollier

Marguerite Muir

Sabine Azéma

Josepha

Emmanuelle Devos

Bernard de Bordeaux

Mathieu Amalric

Suzanne Palet

Anne Consigny

Lucien d'Orange

Michel Vuillermoz

la dame de l'immeuble de Marguerite

Annie Cordy

Jean-Mi

Nicolas Duvauchelle

Marcel Schwer

Roger Pierre

le 1er patient

Paul Crauchet

le 2ème patient

Jean-Michel Ribes

Elodie

Sara Forestier

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