Cherche famille désespérément (1994)
Overview
After the accidental death of his son on a racetrack, Edward Milan, a wealthy industrialist, asks his nephew to find his grandson, who has been living in an orphanage for eleven years and whose existence he has just learned. But the boy, named Martineau, is suspicious of the police since he has been unjustly accused of shoplifting. He runs away when the two uniforms in charge of taking him back to his grandfather's house appear. He manages to find lodging with an old lady, a kleptomaniac at times, then with a theater prop master who is persecuted by his fiancée and finally with a lonely veterinarian.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 0.2729 |
Directed By
François Luciani
Crew
Claude Fouchier
Antoine Duhamel
François Luciani
Jacques Labib
TOP CAST
Françoise Christophe
Geneviève
Philippe Leroy
Edward
Bernard Alane
Georges
Alexis Tomassian
Milan
Catherine Wilkening
Emma
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