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L'Échappée belle

Mar 27, 1996 · 1h 25m
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An aviation magnate takes desperate measures to regain custody of his kids after he is granted minimal visitation rights by a harsh female judge. It's true that Manu Barnes is free-spirited and for much of his twelve year marriage to Mathilde that he has been too centered on his career, but he does love his kids and believes he should see them more often than one weekend a month. The judge called him irresponsible and he decides to disprove her words by kidnapping Chloe, the judge's strong-willed adolescent daughter. He takes the girl to a remote, snow-bound mountain cabin. Unfortunately, she thinks Manu is sexually attracted to her. A disaster nearly occurs there, but Chloe manages to get back to Paris. Though he knows a private detective is trailing him, the determined Manu decides to abduct his kids and take them out of the country.

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CAST

Jean-Marc Barr
Manu Barnes
Anémone
Jeanine, la juge
Olivia Bonamy
Chloé
Antoine Duléry
Clovis Delmotte
Laurence Masliah
Mathilde Barnes
Zinedine Soualem
l'avocat
Bernard Alane
Georges
Michèle Bernier
Madame Lambert
Directed by Étienne Dhaene

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
FR
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Production
Les Productions Lazennec, M6 Films, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
FR
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