Jan 16, 2019
105 min
Full-HD

The Ideal Palace (2019)

Follows Joseph Ferdinand Chavel a French postman who built a palace in the French countryside over 33 years.

Category

History Drama

Country

France

Companies

SND Les Films Christian Fechner Fidélité Films BeTV

Jacques Gamblin

Joseph Ferdinand Cheval, aka 'Le facteur Cheval'

Laetitia Casta

Philomène Cheval

Florence Thomassin

Félicienne

Bernard Le Coq

Auguste

Natacha Lindinger

Garance

Zélie Rixhon

Alice Cheval

Eric Savin

Joseph Cadier

Louka Petit-Taborelli

Cyrille Cheval

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