Movie: Diary of My Mind

Top 6 Billed Cast

Fanny Ardant
Fanny Ardant

Esther Fontanel

Kacey Mottet Klein
Kacey Mottet Klein

Benjamin Feller

Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Jean-Philippe Écoffey

Judge Mathieu

Carlo Brandt
Carlo Brandt

Psychiatrist Butler

Stéphanie Blanchoud
Stéphanie Blanchoud

Maître Rayet

Jean-Quentin Châtelain
Jean-Quentin Châtelain

Pierre Feller

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    On February 27, 2009, pupil Benjamin Feller commits a crime which he has meticulously described beforehand in a diary entry. He goes to the post office to send the diary entry to his teacher before he shoots his parents and turns himself in to the police. His teacher Esther Fontanel tries to understand the events in retrospect. But as the journal’s addressee, she is increasingly targeted by the police herself.

  • Release Date

    2018-01-27

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    4.9

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    Français
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