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An account of the life and work of French filmmaker Claude Chabrol (1930-2010), a sybarite Buddha, a furtive anarchist, an insolent lover of life.
Top billed cast
Cécile Maistre-ChabrolSelf - Narrator (voice)
Isabelle HuppertSelf - Actress
Monique Pinçon-CharlotSelf - Sociologist
François CluzetSelf - Actor
Jacques SantamariaSelf - Screenwriter
Benoît DelépineSelf - Filmmaker
François GuérifSelf - Film Critic
Jean-François RaugerSelf - Film Critic
Marin KarmitzSelf - Film Producer
Pascal MérigeauSelf - Film Critic
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