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Declaration of War (2012)
Roméo and Juliette are two young actors. They fall in love at first sight, move in together and make a baby. A love story and the founding of a home like millions of others. Except that their little boy, Adam, behaves abnormally. The young parents try hard to persuade themselves that everything is okay but, with the passing of time, they cannot delude themselves anymore: their son has a problem. From now on, war is declared. A war against illness. A war against Death. A war against despair.
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Roméo and Juliette are two young actors. They fall in love at first sight, move in together and make a baby. A love story and the founding of a home like millions of others. Except that their little boy, Adam, behaves abnormally. The young parents try hard to persuade themselves that everything is okay but, with the passing of time, they cannot delude themselves anymore: their son has a problem. From now on, war is declared. A war against illness. A war against Death. A war against despair.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Jérémie Elkaïm, Valérie Donzelli
In Theaters:6/5/2012
Box Office:$46,207
Runtime:100 minutes
Studio:Rectangle Productions, Wild Bunch
Cast
Valérie Donzelli
Director
Valérie Donzelli
Juliette
Jérémie Elkaïm
Roméo
Gabriel Elkaïm
Adam Benaïm à 8 ans
Brigitte Sy
Claudia Benaïm
César Desseix
Adam Benaïm à 18 mois
Elina Löwensohn
Alex
Philippe Laudenbach
Philippe
Bastien Bouillon
Nikos
Béatrice de Staël
Ghislaine Prat
Michèle Moretti
Geneviève
Anne Le Ny
docteur Fitoussi
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