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Ceasefire
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Title: Ceasefire

Release Date: 19 Apr 2017

Runtime: 1h 43m

Genre: Drama

Director: Polaris Film Productions, uMedia, Fontana

Production Companies: Polaris Film Productions, uMedia, Fontana

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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Average Vote: 6.3 (46 votes)

Cast

  • Georges Laffont: Romain Duris
  • Hélène: Céline Sallette
  • Madeleine: Julie-Marie Parmentier
  • Marcel: Grégory Gadebois
  • Fabrice: Yvon Martin
  • Diofo: Wabinlé Nabié
  • Amie Philippe: Morwenna Spagnol
  • Le vétéran au cabaret: Thibault Pinson
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