The City of No Limits (2002)
Director
Antonio Hernández
Main cast
Leonardo Sbaraglia; Fernando Fernán Gómez; Geraldine Chaplin; Ana Fernández
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Foreign
Description
Victor is a man who gets to Paris to join his family around their seriously ill father, Max. As the chance of selling the family business begins to disrupt the family relationships, Victor is desperately asked for help by Max. What seems in the beginning mere delusions of an old man losing his mind, begin to show traces of some sort of real 'secret' that is troubling Max's last days. Victor decide to help his father to find that something (maybe just peace) he is searching for. Written by Snatcho
Antonio Hernández
Main cast
Leonardo Sbaraglia; Fernando Fernán Gómez; Geraldine Chaplin; Ana Fernández
Genres
Drama, Thriller, Foreign
Description
Victor is a man who gets to Paris to join his family around their seriously ill father, Max. As the chance of selling the family business begins to disrupt the family relationships, Victor is desperately asked for help by Max. What seems in the beginning mere delusions of an old man losing his mind, begin to show traces of some sort of real 'secret' that is troubling Max's last days. Victor decide to help his father to find that something (maybe just peace) he is searching for. Written by Snatcho
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