L'Héritière

Jan 12, 2002

1h 30m

★ 7.0

Overview

After the death of her father, whom she never knew, a young woman finds herself at the head of a large company.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

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Cast

Juliette Destrac

Géraldine Pailhas

Pierre Valec

Pierre Cassignard

Bordier

François Berléand

Vincent Mader

Christophe Reymond

Stéphanie

Gwennola Bothorel

Mme Destrac

Michèle Moretti

M. Loudin

Jacques Zabor

Yvonne

Lucienne Hamon

Un banquier

Marc Faure

Un banquier

Olivier Pajot

Hervé

Marc Rioufol

Gérard

Arnaud Xainte

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