CinemaOSMovie · 1976 · 1h 45m

A Second Chance

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Imprisoned as an accessory to murder, Catherine gives birth to a son she conceived in prison. Eighteen years later, her sentence served, she is reunited with the boy, Simon, who has remained in an orphanage the entire time. She is accompanied by toothsome prison buddy Sarah, and gradually these people whose lives have been frozen in time "thaw" and get on with the business of living.

Directed byClaude Lelouch

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 45m
Language
FR
Released
September 30, 1976
Studios
Les Films 13

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Deneuve

Catherine Berger

Anouk Aimée

Anouk Aimée

Sarah Gordon

Charles Denner

Charles Denner

L'avocat

Francis Huster

Francis Huster

Patrick

Colette Baudot

Lucienne Lanot

Jean-Jacques Briot

Simon Berger

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Le bijouter

Valérie Lagrange

Valérie Lagrange

Manuella Papatakis

La fille de Sarah

Georges Staquet

Georges Staquet

Creative team
Directed by
Claude Lelouch
Claude Lelouch
Written by
Claude Lelouch
Claude Lelouch

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