L'Esprit de famille

Jan 29, 2020

1h 30m

★ 5.6

Overview

A writer must face the sudden death of his father, but after the burial, the latter reappears to him. He will have to learn to live with this facetious companion, but difficult to explain the situation to his family, because he is the only one who can see him. This disturbing presence will create an earthquake in the family.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Same Player

Cine Nomine

France 3 Cinéma

Other Angle Pictures

Apollo Films

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Cast

Alexandre, l'écrivain

Guillaume de Tonquédec

Jacques, le père d'Alexandre

François Berléand

Marguerite, la mère d'Alexandre

Josiane Balasko

Roxane, la femme d'Alexandre

Isabelle Carré

Vincent, le frère d'Alexandre

Jérémy Lopez

Sandrine, la belle-sœur d'Alexandre

Marie-Julie Baup

Max, le fils d'Alexandre

Jules Gauzelin

La psychanalyste

Émilie Caen

Napoléon

Papilonio Tokotuu

L'employé du crématorium

Hugues Jourdain

Kevin

Sipan Mouradian

L'antiquaire

Christian Valsamidis

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