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LOTUS

2024

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Drama

Overview

Ange, a rigorous and sensitive teenager, starts his first year in high school. Profoundly unhappy, he starts writing to try to understand himself. While doing so, he befriends three teens who will help him on his path to inner peace.

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6 featured cast members

Starring

Lionel Manfredi

Ange

Nora Moser

Louise

Léandre Joerin

Nico

Laura Kennedy

Julie

Geneviève Pasquier

Mère

Benjamin Knobil

Père

Creative team

Directed by: Lionel Manfredi
Written by: Lionel Manfredi

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