Astrakan

Oct 20, 2022

1h 40m

★ 5.9

Overview

Samuel is a wild-looking twelve-year-old orphan who has been placed with a nanny, Marie, for several weeks. Marie, who is struggling between her feelings and her need for money, is married to Clément with whom she has two sons, Alexis and Dimitri. Very quickly Samuel will have to get to know this new family and their possible secrets.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Tamara Films

Micro Climat

Astrakan Trailers

Cast

Samuel

Mirko Gianinni

Marie

Jehnny Beth

Clément

Bastien Bouillon

Luc

Théo Costa-Marini

Hélène

Lorine Delin

The grandfather

Paul Blain

Alexis

Nathaël Bertrand

Dimitri

Cameron Bertrand

The woman at the funeral

Françoise Félicité

The coach

Damien Chovet

The magnetizer

Jacques Nourdin

The priest

Olivier Nughues

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