07 Mar 2007
The Witnesses
Paris, 1984. A group of friends contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.
The Town Is Quiet
A dark tale of working-class life in Marseilles, a city in crisis. Interesting characters include a hard-bitten but compassionate fish market worker with a drug addicted daughter and a moody bartender with a shocking secret life.
Top Billed Cast
Ariane Ascaride Michèle
Jean-Pierre Darroussin Paul
Jacques Boudet Jean, Paul's Father
Pascale Roberts Paul's Mother
Véronique Balme Ameline
Christine Brücher Viviane Froment
Jacques Pieiller Yves Froment
Julie-Marie Parmentier Fiona
Gérard Meylan Gérard
Pierre Banderet Claude
Alexandre Ogou Abderramane
Frédérique Bonnal Mrs. Préférence Nationale
Jacques Germain Mister Préférence Nationale
Alain Lenglet Piano mover
Patrick Bonnel Postman
Yann Trégouët Young man who provokes Gérard
Philippe Leroy René
Danielle Stefan Prostitute
Farid Ziane Farid
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