I Am a Soldier (2015)

Director
Laurent Larivière

Main cast
Louise Bourgoin; Jean-Hugues Anglade; Laurent Capelluto; Anne Benoît; Nina Meurisse

Genres
Drama

Description
A social drama about a woman who is obligated to return to her parents’ home and agrees to work for her uncle in a doghouse.


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