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Le porteur de cartable

Le porteur de cartable

2003•10.0/10
Drama

Ratings

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10.0/10(1)
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Production

France 2, Ego Productions

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Hammou Graïa

Hammou Graïa

Ali

Alika Del Sol

Alika Del Sol

Yema

Yannis Belal

Omar

Pablo Valero

Raphaël

Alain Kouhani

Alain Kouhani

Messaoud

Alain Sachs

Alain Sachs

Robinson

Julie Depardieu

Julie Depardieu

Mademoiselle Ceylac

Eric Prat

Eric Prat

Docteur Herman

Kamel Abdeli

Kamel Abdeli

Oncle Mohamed

Abdelkrim Bahloul

Abdelkrim Bahloul

Lisa Martino

Lisa Martino

Madame Sanchez

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