Belle Maman

Mar 10, 1999

1h 42m

★ 5.0

Overview

At the altar where he is marrying Séverine, the groom, Antoine, gets his first glimpse of her mother, Léa, and suffers what the French call a coup de foudre which we know as love at first sight.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

TF1 Films Production

AMLF

Arena Films

Caméra One

Belle Maman Trailers

Cast

Antoine

Vincent Lindon

Séverine

Mathilde Seigner

Nicou

Line Renaud

Léa

Catherine Deneuve

Brigitte

Stéphane Audran

Josette

Danièle Lebrun

Paul

Jean Yanne

Pascal

Artus de Penguern

Grégoire

Idris Elba

(Voix)

Luc Palun

Franck

Laurent Lafitte

Henri

Jean-Marie Winling

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