The Hook
Aug 11 2004
•2h 47m
•Thriller
A writer of novels in need of an editor accepts the contract offered to him by a famous writer: to eliminate his ex-wife against a large sum of money.
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François Cluzet
Ben Castelano
Karin Viard
Suzy Castelano
Bernard Giraudeau
Brice Kantor
Anne Brochet
Lucie Kantor
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