Movie: Dolls and Angels

Top 10 Billed Cast

Leïla Bekhti
Leïla Bekhti

Lya

Karina Testa
Karina Testa

Chirine

Samy Naceri
Samy Naceri

Le père

Samuel Le Bihan
Samuel Le Bihan

Simon

Fejria Deliba
Fejria Deliba

La mère

Léa Seydoux
Léa Seydoux

Gisèle

Gianni Giardinelli
Gianni Giardinelli

Alex

Aurelia Crebessegues
Aurelia Crebessegues

Angel

Théo Frilet
Théo Frilet

Mikaël

Alice Mesnil
Alice Mesnil

Marie

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    The father of a family of North African immigrants living on a Paris housing estate finds it hard to impose his will on his two teenage daughters. Lya, 17, and Chirine, 18, respond to their father’s bouts of violence by rebelling in the same way as most French adolescents. When Chirine is offered work as a model, she jumps at the chance, but soon realizes she may be about to fall into the prostitution racket...

  • Release Date

    2008-06-25

  • Average

    6.5

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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  • Languages:

    Français
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