Barrage (2017)
Overview
After ten years abroad, Catherine returns to Luxembourg, to catch up with her daughter Alba, brought up by Catherine’s mother Elisabeth. Alba is cold and distant with this stranger showing up unexpectedly in her life, so is Elisabeth, keen to keep her protégée to herself. One day, Catherine cannot take it anymore. She kidnaps Alba and takes her on a trip to a lake up North. Begins an unsettling journey into the puzzling world of motherly love, only to find out that sometimes the true opponent is yourself.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 1.632 |
Directed By
Laura Schroeder
Crew
Raoul Nadalet
Alex Verbaere
Katja Reinert-Alexis
Marc Bastien
David Claikens
Martine De Clermont-Tonnerre
David Horbach
Pascal Jasmes
Claude Kongs
Laura Schroeder
Hélène Louvart
Pol Cruchten
Laura Schroeder
Marie Nimier
Jeanne Geiben
Christina Schaffer
Damien Keyeux
Uli Simon
Sébastien Delloye
Sebastian Schelenz
TOP CAST
Lolita Chammah
Catherine
Themis Pauwels
Alba
Isabelle Huppert
Elisabeth
Elsa Houben
Agathe
Luc Schiltz
Pol
Marja-Leena Junker
Babette
Charles Müller
Robert
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