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The Elephant and the Butterfly
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The Elephant and the Butterfly

Nov 22, 2017
1h 35m
★ 7.0

Overview

When her babysitter doesn’t show, a single mother is forced to leave her precocious five-year-old daughter with the girl’s estranged father for a long weekend.

Genres

Drama
Family

Production Companies

Verdi Productions
Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB
Les Films du Fleuve

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Cast

Lina Doillon

Elsa

Lina Doillon

Thomas Blanchard

Antoine

Thomas Blanchard

Judith Chemla

Camille

Judith Chemla

Alice de Lencquesaing

Alice

Alice de Lencquesaing

Isabelle Barth

Chloé

Isabelle Barth