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The Bare Necessity

The Bare Necessity

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The Bare Necessity

2019

1h 40m

5.9(128 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

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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Domino Films

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Erwan Le Duc
Written by: Erwan Le Duc
Produced by: Stéphanie Bermann
Alexis Dulguerian

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