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Where Life Begins

5.420221h 39mMovieDrama

An ultra-orthodox Jewish family from Aix-les-Bains comes to a farm in southern Italy for a brief stay every year to carry out a sacred mission: harvesting citrons. Here Elio, the farm owner, meets Esther, the rabbi’s daughter, who is tired…

DirectorStéphane Freiss
WritersStéphane Freiss·Laure Deschenes
ProducersMarco Cohen·Fabio Conversi

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Cast · Directed by Stéphane Freiss

LLLou de Laâge
Lou de Laâge
Esther
RSRiccardo Scamarcio
Riccardo Scamarcio
Elio
PSPierre-Henry Salfati
Pierre-Henry Salfati
Aaron
SGSasson Gabai
Sasson Gabai
NRNicola Rignanese
Nicola Rignanese
CZCoraly Zahonero
Coraly Zahonero
Rivka
LDLuigi Diberti
Luigi Diberti
FTFiorenza Tessari
Fiorenza Tessari
ASAnna Sigalevitch
Anna Sigalevitch
Rachel
NKNatacha Krief
Natacha Krief
Tsipporah
JGJérémie Galiana
Jérémie Galiana
Ariel
AG
Anaël Guez
Ronit

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