Maléfique

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Maléfique

"Will you make it out alive?"

2003

1h 30m

5.9(108 votes)

Fantasy

Horror

Mystery

Overview

Four prisoners discover a handwritten book of black magic in their cell, and decide to use it to escape.

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Cast & Crew

20 members

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Gérald Laroche

Carrère

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Philippe Laudenbach

Lassalle

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Clovis Cornillac

Marcus

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Dimitri Rataud

Pâquerette

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Didier Bénureau

Hippolyte Picus

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Félicia Massoni

Claire Carrère

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Geoffrey Carey

Charles Danvers

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Paul-Alexandre Bardela

Hugo Carrère

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Boris Lutz

Danvers jeune

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Nelson Jourdan

Danvers enfant

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César Castagné-Favali

Danvers bébé

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Yves Arnault

Le Directeur

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Benjamin Haddad

Le Gardien de Prison 1

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Writing

Thierry Cazals

Le Gardien de Prison 2

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Olivier Bouana

Le Gardien de Prison 3

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Pascal André

Le Taulard 1

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Tayeb-Akim Boudina

Le Taulard 2

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Jean-Marc Capo

Le Maton

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Yasmina Zekkour-Ferhat

La visiteuse

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Alain Bouzigues

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