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A Hell of a Day(2001)
Status: Released
Date: 2001-10-24
61%
17 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
Overview:
Some days turn out to be simply unforgettable. For Marie, it all starts with a pregnancy test… that proves positive, a car accident and being fired from her job... For Hortense, mobile phone in hand, the frantic quest for sexual satisfaction begins in a traffic jam... For both Luis and Maurice, the unexpected appearance of a loved one pitches them into a world of dreams and nightmares. While some of the characters know each other, others come into contact by chance. One woman profits from all this, the other is shattered. One will have gone looking for trouble, the other will have asked for nothing. There'll be no fatalities.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
ADR Productions
Movie: A Hell of a Day
Top 10 Billed Cast
Karin Viard
Hortense Lassalle
Hélène Fillières
Marie Larue
Victor Lanoux
Maurice Degombert
Jane Birkin
Jane
Sergi López
Luis Del Sol
Clémentine Célarié
Michèle
Gilbert Melki
Shermann
Melvil Poupaud
Ben
Jonathan Zaccaï
Pierre
Marie-Sophie L.
Patricia Shermann
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Some days turn out to be simply unforgettable. For Marie, it all starts with a pregnancy test… that proves positive, a car accident and being fired from her job... For Hortense, mobile phone in hand, the frantic quest for sexual satisfaction begins in a traffic jam... For both Luis and Maurice, the unexpected appearance of a loved one pitches them into a world of dreams and nightmares. While some of the characters know each other, others come into contact by chance. One woman profits from all this, the other is shattered. One will have gone looking for trouble, the other will have asked for nothing. There'll be no fatalities.
Release Date
2001-10-24
Average
6.1
Rating:
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