Top Cast
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Baptiste Sornin
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Karim Barras
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Thierry Hellin
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Sophie Senecaut
Overview
Baptiste has been dumped. Alone, he waits for his friend Karim to help him get rid of the last piece of furniture in the apartment he shared with his girlfriend: a sofa. When Karim arrives, he tells him that he too has been dumped.
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