L'Échappée belle (1996)

  • NR
  • 03/27/1996 (FR)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 25m

Overview

An aviation magnate takes desperate measures to regain custody of his kids after he is granted minimal visitation rights by a harsh female judge. It's true that Manu Barnes is free-spirited and for much of his twelve year marriage to Mathilde that he has been too centered on his career, but he does love his kids and believes he should see them more often than one weekend a month. The judge called him irresponsible and he decides to disprove her words by kidnapping Chloe, the judge's strong-willed adolescent daughter. He takes the girl to a remote, snow-bound mountain cabin. Unfortunately, she thinks Manu is sexually attracted to her. A disaster nearly occurs there, but Chloe manages to get back to Paris. Though he knows a private detective is trailing him, the determined Manu decides to abduct his kids and take them out of the country.

Étienne Dhaene

Director

Gerard Rossini

Screenplay

Cast

Jean-Marc Barr's headshot

Jean-Marc Barr

Manu Barnes
Anémone's headshot

Anémone

Jeanine, la juge
Olivia Bonamy's headshot

Olivia Bonamy

Chloé
Antoine Duléry's headshot

Antoine Duléry

Clovis Delmotte
Laurence Masliah's headshot

Laurence Masliah

Mathilde Barnes
Zinedine Soualem's headshot

Zinedine Soualem

l'avocat
Bernard Alane's headshot

Bernard Alane

Georges
Michèle Bernier's headshot

Michèle Bernier

Madame Lambert

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