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Voir la mer (2011)

Voir la mer poster
Directed by
Patrice Leconte
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
U
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers drive across France to visit their sick mother. Along the way they meet a free-spirited woman who joins their journey.

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What happens

Voir la mer (lit. 'See the Sea') is a 2011 French road comedy-drama film written and directed by Patrice Leconte, and starring Nicolas Giraud, Clément Sibony and Pauline Lefèvre. The film follows two young brothers (Giraud and Sibony) on a road trip across France to visit their ailing mother one summer who cross paths with a free-spirited young woman (Lefèvre). It was released in France on 4 May 2011 by Océan Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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