Looking for Her

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Looking for Her

2016

1h 44m

4.7(13 votes)

Drama

Overview

Elisa, on a verge of divorce, leaves Paris with her son Noe to settle in her hometown of Dunkerque to find the biological mother who gave her up for adoption 30 years before.

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12 members

Acting

Céline Sallette

Elisa Bérard

Acting

Anne Benoît

Annette Lefèvre

Acting

Françoise Lebrun

Renée Lefèvre

Acting

Elyes Aguis

Noé

Acting

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Alex

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Catherine Mouchet

Mme Kubiak

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Micha Lescot

Fabio

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Pascal Elso

Roger

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Hajer Maghraoui

Hourya

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Vincent Pietton

Unknown Role

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Mounia Raoui

Unknown Role

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Christine Bellier

Interphone pouponnière (voix)

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