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Une vie pour deux

Une vie pour deux

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Une vie pour deux

2013

1h 15m

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Drama

Overview

Freely adapted from the eponymous novel, Une vie pour deux is inspired by real events, the discovery by the novelist's husband (director Jean-Pierre Ronfard) of the corpse of a young woman on a beach in Ireland in the late 1970s.

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Violette Chauveau

Violette Chauveau

Simone

Jean-François Casabonne

Jean-François Casabonne

Jean

Evelyne de la Chenelière

Evelyne de la Chenelière

Mary

Creative team

Directed by: Luc Bourdon
Alice Ronfard
Written by: Evelyne de la Chenelière
Produced by: Luc Bourdon
Alice Ronfard

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