Second life (2000)
Vansan is 30 years old, but he never learned to make decisions. Whatever it is. Should he marry his girlfriend, should he start a business with his friend, what color should he buy shoes for? Life for him is an eternal dilemma. But one day, fate made a choice for him. Vansan crashes into an advertising post by car and makes a leap in time for 16 years in advance. Now at about forty, he heads a large corporation, is married to a woman with whom he is barely familiar, has a teenage son who is constantly bold to him, and an early-ripened daughter. And he has absolutely no idea what to do with all this. Realizing that he has become everything that he always despised, Vansan is desperate to go back and make the right choice. But can he turn back the clock? ..
Director: Patrick Braoudé
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Patrick Braoudé as Vincent |
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Maria de Medeiros as Laurie |
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Isabelle Candelier as Sonia |
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Daniel Russo as Ronnie |
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Gad Elmaleh as Lionel |
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Élie Semoun as Steve Michaud |
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Thierry Lhermitte as Forsan |
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Sonia Vollereaux as Carole |
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Wojciech Pszoniak as le père de Vincent |
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Ginette Garcin as Henriette |
| Directing | Patrick Braoudé | Director |
| Camera | Philippe Pavans de Ceccatty | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jacques Davidovici | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Gérard Gaultier | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yves Marmion | Producer |
| Editing | Catherine Renault | Editor |
| Production | Huguette Mathieu | Casting |
| Production | Françoise Menidrey | Casting |
| Art | Emmanuel Sorin | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Corinne Jorry | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paule Mangenot | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Magali Ceyrat | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dominique Colladant | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michel Demonteix | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Benoît Lestang | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emmanuel Pitois | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Pascal Chauvin | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Fabien Adelin | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Pascal Dedeye | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Christian Fontaine | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Michel Kharat | Sound |
| Sound | Jérôme Wiciak | Sound Editor |
| Production | Patrick Braoudé | Producer |
| Writing | Francis Palluau | Writer |