Ceasefire (2017)
Overview
In the early 1920s, Georges Laffont, traumatized by the horrific trench warfare, decides to leave his life behind and travel to West Africa. In the vast territories of Upper Volta he - with the help of Diofo, artist and also survivor of the Great War - try to recruit the villagers as labor for plantations in Ghana. But his adventure leads him to a dead-end, and he comes back to Paris desperate to find his place in the world.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 2.315 |
Directed By
Emmanuel Courcol
Crew
Mat Troi Day
Gilles Waterkeyn
Nadia Khamlichi
Adrian Politowski
Arnaud Bertrand
Dominique Boutonnat
Hubert Caillard
Mat Troi Day
Gilles Gramat
Stéphane Lhoest
Christophe Mazodier
Martin Metz
Jean-Jacques Neira
Oumar Sall
Fabienne Bichet
Mathieu Menut
Edith Vesperini
Stéphane Rollot
Agathe Angeli
Frédéric Balmer
Charlotte Lequeux
Pierre Olivier Persin
Hue Lan Van Duc
Frédéric Zaid
Guerric Catala
Géraldine Rétif
Jérôme Lemonnier
Yann Maritaud
Sébastien Ariaux
Florian Fabre
Nils Fauth
Rémi Seznec
Emmanuel Courcol
Emmanuel Courcol
Tom Stern
TOP CAST
Romain Duris
Georges Laffont
Céline Sallette
Hélène
Julie-Marie Parmentier
Madeleine
Grégory Gadebois
Marcel
Yvon Martin
Fabrice
Wabinlé Nabié
Diofo
Morwenna Spagnol
Amie Philippe
Thibault Pinson
Le vétéran au cabaret
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