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Beautiful Minds

Beautiful Minds

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Beautiful Minds

2022

1h 32m

7.3(172 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Two men, with vastly different life stories and personalities, embark on a hearse heading to the South of France. During their journey they realize that, however unlikely, they're not so different in the end.

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Pan-Européenne

Wild Bunch

JMH & FILO Films

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Bernard Campan

Bernard Campan

Louis

Alexandre Jollien

Alexandre Jollien

Igor

Tiphaine Daviot

Tiphaine Daviot

Cathy

Julie-Anne Roth

Julie-Anne Roth

Nicole

La Castou

La Castou

La mère d'Igor

Marie Benati

Marie Benati

La prostituée

Marilyne Canto

Marilyne Canto

Judith

Anne-Valérie Payet

Anne-Valérie Payet

Caroline

Sofiia Manousha

Sofiia Manousha

Natasha

Marie Petiot

Marie Petiot

Bérengère

Creative team

Directed by: Alexandre Jollien
Bernard Campan
Written by: Alexandre Jollien
Hélène Grémillon
Produced by: Jean-Marc Henchoz
Philippe Godeau

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