

Down by Love
2016-03-02 · 110 min · ★ 6.0
A man, a woman. A prison director, his inmate. An impossible love, a true story.
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- Directors
- Pierre Godeau
- Production companies
- Pan Européenne Production, LGM Productions
- Countries
- France
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 53,780
Top Cast
Guillaume GallienneJean
Adèle ExarchopoulosAnna
Stéphanie CléauElise
Aliénor PoissonLouise
Cyrielle MartinezZoé
Sabila MoussadekAida
Marie RivièreMère Anna
Stéphane RoquetGendarme
Anne LoiretAvocate Anna
Julie MoulierPilar
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