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Love in the Time of Civil War

Love in the Time of Civil War

Sex. Drugs. Love. Repeat.

2014•2h 0m•5.0/10
Drama

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5.0/10(16)

The reality of addiction in a tough-minded docudrama set in the bleak milieu of hustlers and junkies in Montreal.

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Production

Transmar Films

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Alexandre Landry

Alexandre Landry

Alex

Jean-Simon Leduc

Jean-Simon Leduc

Simon Lefebvre

Catherine-Audrey Lachapelle

Catherine-Audrey Lachapelle

Ana Christina Alva

Éric Robidoux

Éric Robidoux

Richard Fréchette

Richard Fréchette

Julie C. Delorme

Jérémy Hervieux-Gosselin

Richard Champagne

Richard Champagne

Claude Gagnon

Claude Gagnon

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