After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 year old son, Paul. Upon his return, Jacques and Mado meet again; he asks to meet her son Paul; Mado hesitates, then accepts but hides it from her husband. Soon, Paul and Jacques get close and they start to see each other secretly.
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William Hurt
Jacques
Sandrine Bonnaire
Director
Sandrine Bonnaire
Writer
Jérôme Tonnerre
Writer
Dominique Besnehard
Producer
Michel Feller
Producer
Nicolas Steil
Producer
Jesus Gonzalez-Elvira
Producer
Thomas Schmitt
Producer
Philippe Guilbert
Director of Photography
André Dziezuk
Original Music Composer
Magdalena Labuz
Costume Design
Denis Hager
Production Design
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