Chercher le garçon

Chercher le garçon

Chercher le garçon

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Chercher le garçon

2012

1h 10m

4.8(8 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

On New Year's Eve, accompanied by a bottle of champagne, Emile, 35 years old, signs up to Meet Me, a famous Internet dating site, with a good resolution for the new year: to find love. There are many men on Meet Me: cynics, comics, a few oddballs, and even great romantics. Emilie is far from imagining what is waiting for her in real life.

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Moby Dick Films

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Sophie Cattani

Sophie Cattani

Emilie

Moussa Maaskri

Moussa Maaskri

Amir

Gérard Dubouche

Gérard Dubouche

Gérard

Aurélie Vaneck

Aurélie Vaneck

Audrey

Franck Libert

Franck Libert

Thierry les yeux bleus

Laurent Lacotte

Julien le romantique

Frédéric Restagno

Frédéric Restagno

Le boxeur

Cyril Lecomte

Cyril Lecomte

Yough Grant

Christophe Carotenuto

Christophe Carotenuto

Christophe

Fabien Aïssa Busetta

Hicham (as Fabien-Aïssa Busetta)

Creative team

Directed by: Dorothée Sebbagh
Written by: Dorothée Sebbagh

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