'The Resort': Five Perfect Minutes and Countless Missed Opportunities
The Resort has an excellent climax surrounded by disappointments. Somehow, at a mere 75 minutes, this movie still manages to be 70 minutes too long.
Cassandre - Un homme parfait
Annecy. When Valentin Poncet, an exemplary firefighter with a remarkable past, is found dead in suspicious circumstances, Commissioner Cassandre and her team must untangle the threads of a murder that appears to be linked to a burglary. Between the discovery of a mysterious fiancée Val may have had, the shadow of a dangerous arsonist looming overhead, and tensions within the fire station—still reeling from this second recent tragedy—each clue raises new questions and sheds light on a tragic family history with deeply buried secrets.
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Annecy. When Valentin Poncet, an exemplary firefighter with a remarkable past, is found dead in suspicious circumstances, Commissioner Cassandre and her team must untangle the threads of a murder that appears to be linked to a burglary. Between the discovery of a mysterious fiancée Val may have had, the shadow of a dangerous arsonist looming overhead, and tensions within the fire station—still reeling from this second recent tragedy—each clue raises new questions and sheds light on a tragic family history with deeply buried secrets.
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Genre:Crime, Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
Written By:Natascha Cucheval, Iris Ducorps
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Studio:Barjac Production, France Télévisions, Abrafilms
Cast
Carole Kornmann
Director
Gwendoline Hamon
Florence Cassandre
Alexandre Varga
Pascal Roche
Dominique Pinon
Jean-Paul Marchand
Jessy Salomée Ugolin
Nicky Maleva
Emmanuelle Bougerol
Major Kerouac
Sören Prévost
Procureur Chappaz
Luca Malinowski
Jules Cassandre
Vincent Jouan
Gérard Montferrat
Raphaëlle Agogué
Sofia Perez
Guillaume Arnault
Baptiste Poncet
Farid Elouardi
Commandant Paul Borgeon
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