A Common Thread
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French drama, the debut film from writer-director Eléonore Faucher. Teenager Claire (Lola Naymark) discovers she is pregnant and decides to keep it a secret. Abandoning her dead-end supermarket job, she is taken on as an apprentice by couturiere Madame Mélikian (Ariane Ascaride), who is grieving over the death of her own child. As the two women work together, they soon develop a supportive and fam
Status: Released
Released Date: 2004-05-14
Runtime: 89 mins
Director: Éléonore Faucher
Writer: Éléonore Faucher, Gaëlle Macé
Spoken language: Français
Genres: Drama
Original title: A Common Thread
Production Companies:
Production Countries: France
Cast
Lola Naymark
Marie Félix
Thomas Laroppe
Arthur Quehen
Élisabeth Commelin
Christophe Hatey
François Noël
Yasmine Modestine
Annie-Claude Sauton
Nathalie Kirzin
Ludivine Morissonaud
Mark Valladolid
Ariane Ascaride
Jackie Berroyer
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