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Jérôme Varenne, a French financier, lives and works in Shanghai with Chen-Li, his life and business partner. One day, during a short stay in Paris, while paying a call to his mother, he is very displeased to learn from her and his hated brother, that the family house in Ambray is going to be sold. Jerome decides to go to the town where he grew up to see what is going on. Little does he know how eventful his escapade will be. Little does he know that it will change his life from soup to nuts...
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Jérôme Varenne, a French financier, lives and works in Shanghai with Chen-Li, his life and business partner. One day, during a short stay in Paris, while paying a call to his mother, he is very displeased to learn from her and his hated brother, that the family house in Ambray is going to be sold. Jerome decides to go to the town where he grew up to see what is going on. Little does he know how eventful his escapade will be. Little does he know that it will change his life from soup to nuts...
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Jean-Paul Rappeneau
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Runtime:113 minutes
Studio:ARP Sélection
Cast
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Director
Nicole Garcia
Suzanne Varenne
Mathieu Amalric
Jérôme Varenne
Marine Vacth
Louise Deffe
Gilles Lellouche
Grégoire Piaggi
Karin Viard
Forence Deffe
Catherine Chevallier
Madame Vouriot
Claude Perron
Fabienne Letourneau
Gemma Chan
Chen-Lin
André Dussollier
Pierre Cotteret
Guillaume de Tonquédec
Jean-Michel Varenne
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