The Bare Necessity

The Bare Necessity

2019•1h 40m•6.0/10

ComedyRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(126)

Pierre Perdrix has been enjoying an enchanted though restless existence since the enigmatic Juliette Webb burst into his life, a stranger who landed in his family's unique world like a meteorite, and who by her presence alone will force this tight-knit microcosm to redefie their boundaries and finally begin to fully live their lives.

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Production

Domino Films

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Swann Arlaud

Swann Arlaud

La Capitaine Pierre Perdrix

Maud Wyler

Maud Wyler

Juliette Webb

Fanny Ardant

Fanny Ardant

Thérèse Perdrix

Nicolas Maury

Nicolas Maury

Julien Perdrix

Patience Munchenbach

Patience Munchenbach

Marion Perdrix

Alexandre Steiger

Alexandre Steiger

Le Lieutenant Michel Smicer

Adama Niane

Adama Niane

Le Lieutenant Arsène Njo Léa

Sébastien Poirot

Sébastien - Un Chanteur

Xavier Boulanger

Xavier Boulanger

Eric

Tobias Nuytten

Tobias Nuytten

Joël

Atmen Kelif

Atmen Kelif

Serge

Yan Tassin

Yan Tassin

Pascal

Nicolas Chupin

Nicolas Chupin

Xavier

Bastiste Kerroué

Cédric

Louise Szpindel

Louise Szpindel

L'institutrice

Aristide Chef

Le Type du Bar des Vosges

Cécile Fisera

Cécile Fisera

La Jeune Femme Nudiste

Vincent 'Vinsz' Coffigniez

Le Nudiste dans la Ville

Jérôme Maier

Le Nudiste dans la Grotte

Jean-Paul Labé

Le Premier Gendarme

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