Grand Expectations

“One day, she will be president.”

6.2

2023

1h 45m

DramaThriller

Summer 2019. Just graduated from Sciences Po, Madeleine leaves to prepare the orals of the ENA in Corsica with Antoine, her lover with whom she shares very left-wing political convictions. On a small deserted road, an unexpected encounter will seal their fate.

Key Crew

Director

Sylvain Desclous

Producers

Florence Borelly

Writers

Sylvain Desclous

Pierre Erwan Guillaume

Olivier Lorelle

Cinematography

Julien Hirsch

Cast (12)

Rebecca Marder

Madeleine Pastor

Benjamin Lavernhe

Antoine Mandeville

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