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Cyanide
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Cyanide

2013-02-27 · 109 min · ★ 5.5

Drama

Achille, 13, awaits, full of hope, the release from prison of his father, unknown and fantasized. His dream of living as a threesome, like a real family, will be seriously undermined by a mother exhausted from waiting and this father who is unsuitable and made irresponsible by so many years of incarceration. Will this vulnerable person with a flamboyant past be able to keep the promise he made to his son to never live apart from him again?

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Production details

Directors
Séverine Cornamusaz
Production companies
Item 7, P.S. Productions
Countries
Switzerland, Canada
Status
Released

Top Cast

Alexandre EtzlingerAchille
Roy DupuisRoy DupuisJoe
Sabine TimoteoSabine TimoteoPénélope
Christophe SermetChristophe SermetAlexis
Ludivine GeschwornerMathilde
Thierry JorandJoe's boss
Isabelle CaillatIsabelle CaillatPolice officer 1
Michel DemierrePolice officer 2
Serge MusyPolice officer 3
Marco CalamandreiPrison guard
Lionel FresardLionel FresardPrison guard x-ray
Pascal ParizotSupermarket client
Mathilde MélèseSupermarket employee
Lionel BlancClassmate
Eliott FavreBaby Achille
Tuna OezPrison guard
Paul Joaquim PereiraPaul Joaquim PereiraPrisonner
Yannick GuiraudButcher

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