Mar 22, 2023
105 min
Full-HD

Grand Expectations (2023)

Summer 2019. Just graduated from Sciences Po, Madeleine leaves to prepare the orals of the ENA in Corsica with Antoine, her lover with whom she shares very left-wing political convictions. On a small deserted road, an unexpected encounter will seal their fate.

Category

Drama Thriller

Country

France

Companies

Sésame Films Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

Rebecca Marder

Madeleine Pastor

Benjamin Lavernhe

Antoine Mandeville

Emmanuelle Bercot

Gabrielle Dervaz

Marc Barbé

Yvan Pastor

Pascal Elso

Bertrand Mandeville

Thomas Thévenoud

Thomas Peltier

Cédric Appietto

Charles Lucciani

Jean-Emmanuel Pagni

Lieutenant Hassani

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