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Family Resemblances

Family Resemblances

1996•1h 50m•7.3/10
Comedy

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7.3/10(308)

An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.

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Production

Téléma Productions, Le Studio Canal+, France 2 Cinéma

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jean-Pierre Bacri

Jean-Pierre Bacri

Henri Ménard

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Denis

Catherine Frot

Catherine Frot

Yolande Ménard

Agnès Jaoui

Agnès Jaoui

Betty Ménard

Claire Maurier

Claire Maurier

La mère

Wladimir Yordanoff

Wladimir Yordanoff

Philippe Ménard

Alain Guillo

Alain Guillo

Le présentateur TV

Cédric Klapisch

Cédric Klapisch

Le père en 1967

Antoine Chappey

Antoine Chappey

Neighbor of the estate

Sophie Simon

Sophie Simon

La mère en 1967

Aurélie Remacle

Betty en 1967

Romain Legrand

Kevin

Zinedine Soualem

Zinedine Soualem

Un client

Denis Falgoux

Denis Falgoux

Un client

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