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Une petite zone de turbulences (2010)

Une petite zone de turbulences poster
Directed by
Alfred Lot
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
16
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 56 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged man becomes convinced he has a serious illness, which sets off a series of crises for his wife and adult children. Each family member struggles with their own secrets and resentments while trying to maintain a normal life.

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What happens

A Spot of Bother (French: Une petite zone de turbulences) (A small area of turbulence), is a French comedy drama film directed by Alfred Lot and starring Michel Blanc, released in 2010, and based on the 2006 novel by the English writer Mark Haddon A Spot of Bother. It concerns the family crisis of a hypochondriac middle-aged man, his wife and grown-up children. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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