The Book of Wonders

Mar 15, 2023

1h 38m

★ 6.6

Overview

This is the crazy bet of a mother ready to do anything to help her 12-year-old son, Louis, wake up from his coma. After Louis' accident, Thelma decides to do for him the "10 things to do before the end of the world" that he had written in his diary. By listening to these adventures, Louis will see how beautiful life is and that he must come back! By fulfilling a teenager's dreams at the age of forty, Thelma will experience an incredible journey that will take her farther than she ever imagined.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Jerico Films

M6 Films

SND

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Cast

Thelma

Alexandra Lamy

Odette

Muriel Robin

Louis

Hugo Questel

Étienne

Xavier Lacaille

Nadège

Martine Schambacher

Assistant éditeur

Hiroki Hasegawa

Fatima

Carima Amarouche

Dr. Bongramp

Eye Haïdara

Paula

Maria Fernanda Cândido

Matthew

Rafi Pitts

Lock

Sayyid El Alami

Raphaël

Jonas Bachan

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