Looking for Hortense
Sep 05 2012
•2h 40m
•Drama, Comedy
Damien is a professor of Chinese civilization who lives with his wife, Iva, a theater director, and their son Noé. Their love is mired in a mountain of routine and disenchantment. To help keep Zorica from getting deported, Iva gets Damien to promise he’ll go to his father, a state department official, for help. But Damien and his father have a distant and cool relationship. And this mission is a risky business which will send Damien spiraling downward and over the edge...
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Jean-Pierre Bacri
Damien
Kristin Scott Thomas
Iva
Isabelle Carré
Aurore
Marin Orcand Tourres
Noé
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