The Successor

The Successor

The Successor

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The Successor

2023

1h 52m

6.5(98 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Overview

Happy and accomplished, Ellias becomes the new artistic director of a famous French Haute Couture house. When he learns that his father, whom he has not seen for many years, has just died of a heart attack, Ellias goes to Quebec to settle the estate. The young creator will discover that he has inherited much worse than his father's fragile heart.

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Stenola Productions

Metafilms

KG Productions

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Marc-André Grondin

Marc-André Grondin

Ellias Barnès

Yves Jacques

Yves Jacques

Dominique Duchesne

Laetitia Isambert

Laetitia Isambert

Janie

Anne-Élisabeth Bossé

Anne-Élisabeth Bossé

Minna Di Salvio

Blandine Bury

Blandine Bury

Judith Alvares

Vincent Leclerc

Vincent Leclerc

Le conseiller funéraire

Louis Champagne

Louis Champagne

Pierre-Luc

Mireille Naggar

Marie-Odile

Marie-France Lambert

Marie-France Lambert

Christine Barnès

Thierry Harcourt

Thierry Harcourt

Directeur de la communication

Creative team

Directed by: Xavier Legrand
Written by: Xavier Legrand
Dominick Parenteau-Lebeuf
Produced by: Alexandre Gavras
Sylvain Corbeil

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