Movie: Grosse chaleur

Top 6 Billed Cast

Brigitte Fossey
Brigitte Fossey

Marie-Sophie Merceron

Catherine Arditi
Catherine Arditi

Mireille

Jean Benguigui
Jean Benguigui

Paul

Annik Alane
Annik Alane

Madeleine

Benoît Petitjean
Benoît Petitjean

Hédiard Merceron

Pierre Benichou
Pierre Benichou

Pierre-Louis Merceron

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    On vacation in the Luberon, a high ranking civil servant, in love with the good old fashioned thinking, has to put up with a bunch of troublemakers in his haven of tranquillity and prevent them from watering in circles. Wife, child and mother-in-law in the front row, brother-in-law and sister-in-law as bonus gifts. Add to that a terrible heat wave and a mother left alone in her apartment in Paris... The cocktail is boiling, even explosive... with this heat it will be hard to keep it cool.

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    2004-09-29

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