Family Resemblances

Nan
1h 50m
1996
7.294 /10 (294)

Overview

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.

Country : France
Genre : Comedy
Languages : Français
Released Date: 1996-09-07

Top Billed Cast

Jean-Pierre Bacri

Henri Ménard

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Denis

Catherine Frot

Yolande Ménard

Agnès Jaoui

Betty Ménard

Claire Maurier

The mother

Wladimir Yordanoff

Philippe Ménard

Alain Guillo

TV presenter

Cédric Klapisch

Father in 1967

Antoine Chappey

Neighbor of the estate

Sophie Simon

Mother in 1967

Aurélie Remacle

Betty in 1967

Romain Legrand

Kevin

Zinedine Soualem

Consumer

Denis Falgoux

Consumer

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