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Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion

Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion

2023•2h 18m•6.5/10
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6.5/10(94)

The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the homeless.

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Production

WY Productions, SND, France 3 Cinéma

Language

FR

Status

Released

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Cast

Benjamin Lavernhe

Benjamin Lavernhe

Henri Grouès dit l'Abbé Pierre

Emmanuelle Bercot

Emmanuelle Bercot

Lucie Coutaz

Michel Vuillermoz

Michel Vuillermoz

Georges Legay

Antoine Laurent

Antoine Laurent

François Garbit

Alain Sachs

Alain Sachs

Père supérieur

Leïla Muse

Leïla Muse

Jeune fermière

Malik Amraoui

Malik Amraoui

Ahmed

Chloé Stefani

Chloé Stefani

Marlène Porte

Djibril Pavadé

Djibril Pavadé

Philibert

Didier Nobletz

Didier Nobletz

Auguste

Xavier Mathieu

Xavier Mathieu

Paul (1)

Maxime Bailleul

Maxime Bailleul

Paul (2)

Frédéric Weis

Frédéric Weis

Jules

Massimiliano Belsito

Massimiliano Belsito

Aldo

Suzanne-Marie Gabriel

Janine Porte

Yann Cotty

Gégé Porte

Amélie Bénady

Amélie Bénady

Sylviane

Jean-François Theresin

Philibert âgé

David Arribe

David Arribe

Prisonnier juif prison

François de Brauer

François de Brauer

Gervais, résistant

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