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 |
| Directing | Sylvain Desclous | Director |
| Writing | Sylvain Desclous | Writer |
| Writing | Pierre Erwan Guillaume | Writer |
| Production | Florence Borelly | Producer |
| Camera | Julien Hirsch | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Olivier Lorelle | Writer |
| Writing | Raphaël Chevènement | Writer |
| Sound | Florencia Di Concilio | Music |
| Editing | Isabelle Poudevigne | Editor |
| Art | Valérie Faynot | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Élisa Ingrassia | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie Goetgheluck | Key Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Vicky Robini | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nicolas Saubost | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Sébastien Casanova | Property Master |
| Sound | Christina Crevillén | ADR Supervisor |
| Sound | Alexis Farou | Sound |
| Sound | Margaux Peyre | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Christophe Vingtrinier | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah Billand | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Solène Borsatto | Costume Assistant |
| Editing | Richard Deusy | Colorist |
| Directing | Alexia Montegu | Script Supervisor |