Cowboy Angels
Feb 05 2007
•2h 40m
•Drama
Paris, La Chapelle neighborhood in the 18th arrondissement. Eleven-year-old Pablo coldly puts up with his mother’s messy life. Abandoned for the umpteenth time, he decides to set out to find his Spanish father. He hires Louis, a poker player who has met with hard times and to whom he has become mysteriously attached. But his father turns out to be just an illusion…
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Diego Mestanza
Pablo
Thierry Levaret
Louis
Françoise Klein
La Mère
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