The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Jan 3, 2018

1h 43m

★ 7.1

Overview

An aging movie actor who is preparing to shoot a death scene finds himself visited by the spirit of a dead, long-ago lover.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Les Productions Balthazar

Film-in-Evolution

Bitters End

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Cast

Jean

Jean-Pierre Léaud

Juliette

Pauline Étienne

Céline, la mère de Jules

Maud Wyler

Philippe

Arthur Harari

Marie

Isabelle Weingarten

Yuki

Noë Sampy

Le réalisateur

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Claude

Jean-Louis Berard

La maquilleuse

Françoise Michaud

Jules

Jules Langlade

Tom

Adrien Cuccureddu

Adrien

Adrien Bianchi

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