Top Cast
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Jérémie Renier
Le fils
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Jean-Pierre Lorit
Hauptmann
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Anne Coesens
Witwe
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Bernard Le Coq
Vater
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Quentin Baillot
Max
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Manuel Le Lièvre
Fred
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Chantal Banlier
Kartenverkäuferin
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Jacques Bonnaffé
Narrator (voice)
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Pierre Diot
L'adjudant
Overview
Somewhere in Europe in the twentieth century, a young man decides to change his life by engaging in the army. A modern and quirky tale, with Jérémie Renier and Bernard Le Coq.
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