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The Bare Necessity

5.920191h 40mMovieComedyRomance

Pierre Perdrix has been enjoying an enchanted though restless existence since the enigmatic Juliette Webb burst into his life, a stranger who landed in his family's unique world like a meteorite, and who by her presence alone will force…

DirectorErwan Le Duc
WriterErwan Le Duc
ProducersStéphanie Bermann·Alexis Dulguerian

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Cast · Directed by Erwan Le Duc

SASwann Arlaud
Swann Arlaud
La Capitaine Pierre Perdrix
MWMaud Wyler
Maud Wyler
Juliette Webb
FAFanny Ardant
Fanny Ardant
Thérèse Perdrix
NMNicolas Maury
Nicolas Maury
Julien Perdrix
PMPatience Munchenbach
Patience Munchenbach
Marion Perdrix
AS
Alexandre Steiger
Le Lieutenant Michel Smicer
ANAdama Niane
Adama Niane
Le Lieutenant Arsène Njo Léa
SP
Sébastien Poirot
Sébastien - Un Chanteur
XBXavier Boulanger
Xavier Boulanger
Eric
TNTobias Nuytten
Tobias Nuytten
Joël
AKAtmen Kelif
Atmen Kelif
Serge
YTYan Tassin
Yan Tassin
Pascal

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