Mad Love

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Mad Love

2015

1h 47m

4.9(17 votes)

Drama

Overview

1959. Guilty of a double murder, a man is guillotined. The dead man's head rolls into a basket, from where it recounts a tale.

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14 members

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Melvil Poupaud

The Priest

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Diane Rouxel

Rose

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Dominique Blanc

Armance

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Lise Lamétrie

Lisette

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Jean-François Stévenin

The Priest of Mantaille

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Jacques Bonnaffé

The Great Vicar

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Jean-Paul Bodet

Félix the Postman

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Virginie Petit

Miss Desboine

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Nathalie Tetrel

Jacqueline the Milkmaid

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Vanina Delannoy

Solange the Cousin

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Anaïs Lesoil

Odette

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Isabelle Roux-Renard

Rose's grandmother

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Clair Renard

Motorist

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Thierry Cretagne

Police Officer

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