A Second Chance (1976)
Imprisoned as an accessory to murder, Catherine gives birth to a son she conceived in prison. Eighteen years later, her sentence served, she is reunited with the boy, Simon, who has remained in an orphanage the entire time. She is accompanied by toothsome prison buddy Sarah, and gradually these people whose lives have been frozen in time "thaw" and get on with the business of living.
Director: Claude Lelouch
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Catherine Deneuve as Catherine Berger |
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Anouk Aimée as Sarah Gordon |
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Charles Denner as L'avocat |
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Francis Huster as Patrick |
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Colette Baudot as Lucienne Lanot |
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Jean-Jacques Briot as Simon Berger |
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Jean-Pierre Kalfon as Le bijouter |
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Valérie Lagrange as |
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Manuella Papatakis as La fille de Sarah |
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Georges Staquet as |
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Jacques Villeret as L'agent immobilier |
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Niels Arestrup as Henri Lanot |
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Albina du Boisrouvray as |
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Paul Bellaiche as |
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Richard Caron as |
| Directing | Claude Lelouch | Director |
| Writing | Claude Lelouch | Writer |