L'Échappée belle

L'Échappée belle (1996)

ComedyDrama

An aviation magnate takes desperate measures to regain custody of his kids after he is granted minimal visitation rights by a harsh female judge. It's true that Manu Barnes is free-spirited and for much of his twelve year marriage to Mathilde that he has been too centered on his career, but he does love his kids and believes he should see them more often than one weekend a month. The judge called him irresponsible and he decides to disprove her words by kidnapping Chloe, the judge's strong-willed adolescent daughter. He takes the girl to a remote, snow-bound mountain cabin. Unfortunately, she thinks Manu is sexually attracted to her. A disaster nearly occurs there, but Chloe manages to get back to Paris. Though he knows a private detective is trailing him, the determined Manu decides to abduct his kids and take them out of the country.

Director: Étienne Dhaene
Writer: Gerard Rossini

Casts

	Jean-Marc Barr as Manu Barnes
	Anémone as Jeanine, la juge
	Olivia Bonamy as Chloé
	Antoine Duléry as Clovis Delmotte
	Laurence Masliah as Mathilde Barnes
	Zinedine Soualem as l'avocat
	Bernard Alane as Georges
	Michèle Bernier as Madame Lambert
	Denis Podalydès as Sanchez
	Emma de Caunes as Juliette
	Bruno Lochet as l'inspecteur Cambois
	Fabien Béhar as l'inspecteur Jaubert
	Louise Boisvert as La chef de cabinet
	René Migliaccio as La Fontaine
	Christian Cloarec as Contrôleur 2
	Muriel Combeau as Contrôleur 1
	Gilles David as Commandant Airbus
	André Sanfratello as M. Michard
	Shush Tenin as Jeune homme boîte
	Claude Tissot as Maître d'hôtel
	Loïc Varraut as Mathieu
	Christian Zanetti as Inspecteur Périneau

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