Ceasefire

Ceasefire

2017•1h 43m•6.2/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.2/10(51)

In the early 1920s, Georges Laffont, traumatized by the horrific trench warfare, decides to leave his life behind and travel to West Africa. In the vast territories of Upper Volta he - with the help of Diofo, artist and also survivor of the Great War - try to recruit the villagers as labor for plantations in Ghana. But his adventure leads him to a dead-end, and he comes back to Paris desperate to find his place in the world.

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Production

Polaris Film Productions, uMedia, Fontana

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Romain Duris

Romain Duris

Georges Laffont

Céline Sallette

Céline Sallette

Hélène

Julie-Marie Parmentier

Julie-Marie Parmentier

Madeleine

Grégory Gadebois

Grégory Gadebois

Marcel

Yvon Martin

Yvon Martin

Fabrice

Wabinlé Nabié

Wabinlé Nabié

Diofo

Morwenna Spagnol

Morwenna Spagnol

Amie Philippe

Thibault Pinson

Thibault Pinson

Le vétéran au cabaret

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