Top billed cast
Marie-Christine BarraultGabrielle de Miremont
Laurent StockerPierre-Marie de Miremont
Xavier RobicHadrien Dumas
Laetitia VerckenCaroline Le Fur
Sabine HaudepinSandrine Dumas
Nicky MarbotJacques Dumas
Olivier BayartInspecteur de police
Raoul Myard TatonHadrien Dumas (7 ans)
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