Movie: The Elephant and the Butterfly

Top 5 Billed Cast

Lina Doillon
Lina Doillon

Elsa

Thomas Blanchard
Thomas Blanchard

Antoine

Judith Chemla
Judith Chemla

Camille

Alice de Lencquesaing
Alice de Lencquesaing

Alice

Isabelle Barth
Isabelle Barth

Chloé

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    When her babysitter doesn’t show, a single mother is forced to leave her precocious five-year-old daughter with the girl’s estranged father for a long weekend.

  • Release Date

    2017-11-22

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    7

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    3.5 starts
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    Français
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