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A Few Hours of Spring(2012)
Status: Released
Date: 2012-09-19
67%
47 Votes
Time: 1h 48m
Overview:
Forty-eight-year-old Alain Evrard is obliged to return home to live with his mother. This situation causes all the violence of their past relationship to rise to the surface. Alain then discovers that his mother has a fatal illness. In the last months of her life, will they finally be capable of taking a step toward each other?
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: A Few Hours of Spring
Top 10 Billed Cast
Vincent Lindon
Alain
Hélène Vincent
Yvette
Emmanuelle Seigner
Clémence
Olivier Perrier
Monsieur Lalouette
Sylvie Jobert
L'employée de Pôle Emploi
Ludovic Berthillot
Bruno
Silvia Kahn
Le docteur Mathieu - la cancérologue
Jean-Luc Borgeat
Le responsable de l'association Mourir dans la Dignité
Véronique Montel
Madame Godard, l'accompagnante de l'association Mourir dans la Dignité
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Forty-eight-year-old Alain Evrard is obliged to return home to live with his mother. This situation causes all the violence of their past relationship to rise to the surface. Alain then discovers that his mother has a fatal illness. In the last months of her life, will they finally be capable of taking a step toward each other?
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2012-09-19
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