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Quick Info

Rating

7.3/10

Release1996

Runtime1h 50m

StatusReleased

Budget$3,800,000

RevenueN/A

Production

Téléma Productions

Le Studio Canal+

France 2 Cinéma

Movie

Family Resemblances

1996

1h 50m

7.3

Comedy

Synopsis

An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.

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