"Good son" Franck returns to his hometown to do a trainee managerial internship in the Human Resources department of the factory where his anxious, taciturn father has worked for 23 years.
Social & External
The people behind it
Jalil Lespert
Franck
Jean-Claude Vallod
Le père
Didier Emile-Woldemard
Alain
Chantal Barré
La mère
Véronique de Pandelaère
Sylvie
Michel Begnez
Olivier
Lucien Longueville
Le patron
Danielle Mélador
Danielle Arnoux, la syndicaliste
Pascal Sémard
Le DRH
Françoise Boutigny
Betty
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