Stella
Nov 12 2008
•2h 43m
•Drama, Romance
Paris, 1977. Eleven year old Stella knows poker better than grammar when she starts the year at a prestigious new school. There, she discovers the possibilities of a whole new world outside her parents' bar.
Cast
See allLéora Barbara
Stella
Mélissa Rodriguès
Gladys
Laëtitia Guerard
Geneviève
Karole Rocher
Roselyne, la mère de Stella
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