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6.6 2h 28m

Suite Armoricaine

Françoise returns to her native Brittany to teach at her alma mater to find that the past of this very particular place still exerts an inexorable pull. A rapturous ensemble piece about the tricks of time and memory, Suite Armoricaine is a work of grand themes and small, surprising details, bursting with ideas and emotion.

Top Cast

  • Valérie Dréville

    Valérie Dréville

    Françoise

  • Kaou Langoët

    Kaou Langoët

    Ion

  • Elina Löwensohn

    Elina Löwensohn

    Moon

  • Manon Evenat

    Manon Evenat

    Lydie

  • Laurent Sauvage

    Laurent Sauvage

    John

Overview

Françoise returns to her native Brittany to teach at her alma mater to find that the past of this very particular place still exerts an inexorable pull. A rapturous ensemble piece about the tricks of time and memory, Suite Armoricaine is a work of grand themes and small, surprising details, bursting with ideas and emotion.

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6.6 / 10
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