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.
Director: Sylvain Desclous
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Rebecca Marder as Madeleine Pastor |
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Benjamin Lavernhe as Antoine Mandeville |
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Emmanuelle Bercot as Gabrielle Dervaz |
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Marc Barbé as Yvan Pastor |
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Pascal Elso as Bertrand Mandeville |
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Thomas Thévenoud as Thomas Peltier |
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Cédric Appietto as Charles Lucciani |
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Jean-Emmanuel Pagni as Lieutenant Hassani |
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Pascal Rénéric as General director of Rochambeau |
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Aurelie Marpeaux as Working woman |
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Holy Fatma as Lawyer |
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Marie-Pierre Nouveau as Judge |
| Writing | Pierre Erwan Guillaume | Writer |
| Directing | Sylvain Desclous | Director |
| Writing | Sylvain Desclous | Writer |
| Production | Florence Borelly | Producer |
| Camera | Julien Hirsch | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Raphaël Chevènement | Writer |
| Writing | Olivier Lorelle | Writer |
| Sound | Florencia Di Concilio | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Élisa Ingrassia | Costume Design |
| Editing | Isabelle Poudevigne | Editor |
| Directing | Vicky Robini | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah Billand | Set Costumer |
| Directing | Alexia Montegu | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Christina Crevillén | ADR Supervisor |
| Art | Sébastien Casanova | Property Master |
| Editing | Richard Deusy | Colorist |
| Sound | Christophe Vingtrinier | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Solène Borsatto | Costume Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie Goetgheluck | Key Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Nicolas Saubost | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Alexis Farou | Sound |
| Art | Valérie Faynot | Production Design |
| Sound | Margaux Peyre | Boom Operator |