Sugar and Stars

Feb 22, 2023

1h 50m

★ 6.6

Overview

Raised in foster and group homes, Yazid pursues his lifelong passion for pastry to work with top chefs and become the best.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

De l'autre côté du périph'

Sugar and Stars Trailers

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Cast

Yazid Ichemrahen

Riadh Belaïche

Samia

Loubna Abidar

Pascal

Patrick d'Assumçao

Simone

Christine Citti

Un parent d'élève

Alioune Sané

Frédéric Fix

Bouchard

Pascal Légitimus

Manu

Dicosh

Julien

Estéban

Yazid Ichemrahen (8 ans)

Marwan Amesker

Mathieu

Phénix Brossard

Alban

Anis Mansour

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