Alter Ego

Alter Ego

Alter Ego

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Alter Ego

2026

1h 40m

6.3(87 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Alex, a quiet forty-something, leads an ordinary life until new neighbours move in. The husband is Alex’s perfect lookalike… except for one thing: he has hair. Alex sinks into a growing paranoia as he becomes preoccupied with this more charismatic, brilliant and accomplished mysterious double.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Laurent Lafitte

Laurent Lafitte

Alex Floutard / Axel Chambon

Olga Kurylenko

Olga Kurylenko

Tatiana Chambon

Blanche Gardin

Blanche Gardin

Nathalie Floutard

Marc Fraize

Marc Fraize

Denis Moulard

Zabou Breitman

Zabou Breitman

Nicole Lecovec

Bertrand Goncalves

Bertrand Goncalves

Stanislas Berteau

Giovanni Pucci

Giovanni Pucci

Enzo

Léo Garcia

Elliot

Olivier Brabant

Olivier Brabant

Le commissaire

Olivier Bayart

Olivier Bayart

Le jeune policier

Creative team

Directed by: Nicolas Charlet
Bruno Lavaine
Written by: Nicolas Charlet
Bruno Lavaine
Produced by: Mathieu Verhaeghe
Thomas Verhaeghe

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