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The Book of Wonders (2023)

This is the crazy bet of a mother ready to do anything to help her 12-year-old son, Louis, wake up from his coma. After Louis' accident, Thelma decides to do for him the "10 things to do before the end of the world" that he had written in his diary. By listening to these adventures, Louis will see how beautiful life is and that he must come back! By fulfilling a teenager's dreams at the age of forty, Thelma will experience an incredible journey that will take her farther than she ever imagined.

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Top billed cast

Alexandra LamyThelma
Muriel RobinOdette
Hugo QuestelLouis
Xavier LacailleÉtienne
Martine SchambacherNadège
Hiroki HasegawaAssistant éditeur
Carima AmaroucheFatima
Eye HaïdaraDr. Bongramp
Maria Fernanda CândidoPaula
Rafi PittsMatthew

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