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A Bookshop in Paris
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A Bookshop in Paris

2021-10-07 · 89 min · ★ 5.5

Drama · Romance

Vincenzo dedicates his life to the bookshop he owns in Paris and to his daughter Albertine, forced to stay home because of an accident occurred to her a few years earlier. One day Yolande, an exuberant, eccentric, funny and beautiful girl, bursts into Vincenzo’s shop. Charmed by her vital energy, the man starts feeling again emotions he’s been chocking-off for too long, and which will make him question his melancholic and somehow suspended way of facing life.

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Directors
Sergio Castellitto
Production companies
Mon Voisin Productions, Tikkun Productions, Rodeo Drive, RAI Cinema
Countries
Italy, France, United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Sergio CastellittoSergio CastellittoVincenzo
Bérénice BejoBérénice BejoYolande
Matilda De AngelisMatilda De AngelisAlbertine
ClementinoClementinoClemente
Sandra MiloSandra MiloMadame Milo
Alex LutzAlex LutzGérard
Marie-Philomène NgaMarie-Philomène NgaColombe
Nassim LyesNassim LyesAlain
Maxence DinantMaxence DinantFather Mathieu
Bruno GoueryBruno GoueryKleptomaniac
Alessio MontagnaniHector the Hobo
Julie CiccarelliFlorist

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