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Normandy Nude

Normandy Nude

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Normandy Nude

"It takes a village."

2018

1h 45m

5.6(140 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

At the Mêle sur Sarthe, a small Norman village, farmers are affected by a crisis. Georges Balbuzard, the mayor of the city, is not one to let them down and decides to try everything to save his village...

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Social & External

Production Companies

Les Films des Tournelles

SND

Région Normandie

Ciné+

Canal+

France Télévisions

France 2 Cinéma

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

François Cluzet

François Cluzet

Georges Balbuzard

Toby Jones

Toby Jones

Newman

François-Xavier Demaison

François-Xavier Demaison

Thierry Levasseur

Arthur Dupont

Arthur Dupont

Vincent Jousselin

Grégory Gadebois

Grégory Gadebois

Roger

Vincent Regan

Vincent Regan

Bradley

Colin Bates

Colin Bates

Ross

Philippe Rebbot

Philippe Rebbot

Eugène

Patrick d'Assumçao

Patrick d'Assumçao

Maurice

Julie-Anne Roth

Julie-Anne Roth

Valérie Levasseur

Creative team

Directed by: Philippe Le Guay
Written by: Philippe Le Guay
Olivier Dazat
Produced by: Anne-Dominique Toussaint

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