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Maddened by His Absence (2012)

After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 year old son, Paul. Upon his return, Jacques and Mado meet again; he asks to meet her son Paul; Mado hesitates, then accepts but hides it from her husband. Soon, Paul and Jacques get close and they start to see each other secretly.

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Top billed cast

William HurtJacques
Alexandra LamyMado
Augustin LegrandStéphane
Jalil MehenniPaul
Matteo TrevisanFélix
Françoise OrianeGeneviève
Norbert RutiliLe notaire
Serge HutryLe comissaire priseur
Colette KiefferLa secrétaire
Véronique FauconnetLa serveuse

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