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Pater

2011-06-22 · 105 min · ★ 5.4

Drama · Comedy

During a year, they would meet and film each other. The filmmaker and the actor, the President and his prime minister, Alain Cavalier and Vincent Lindon. In Pater, you will see them in real life and in the fiction that they invented together.

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Directors
Alain Cavalier
Production companies
Camera One, ARTE France Cinéma
Countries
France
Status
Released

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Alain CavalierAlain CavalierAlain Cavalier
Vincent LindonVincent LindonVincent Lindon
Bernard BureauBernard Bureau
Jonathan Duong
Hubert-Ange Fumey
Jean-Pierre Lindon
Manuel Marty
Claude Uzan
Alexandre Widhoff
Jean Widhoff
Régis d'Audeville
Josette Baron
Thibault de Châteauvieux
Jérémy Flament
Olivier Mallet
Dominique Solliec
Nicolas Wecker
Grégory Widhoff

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