The Crusade
Directed by Louis Garrel
Produced by Why Not Productions
A warm, optimistic coming-of-age comedy about a teenager's idealistic environmental crusade that tests family bonds and parental understanding.
Abel, Marianne and their 13-year-old son Joseph live together in Paris. Their everyday existence is thrown into turmoil when Abel and Marianne discover that Joseph has secretly sold valuables from the family home to finance a mysterious ecological project he and his friends have in Africa. They’re about to save the planet.
Essence
Ensemble
Louis Garrel
Abel
Laetitia Casta
Marianne
Joseph Engel
Joseph
Ilinka Lony
Clotilde
Julia Boème
Lucile
Lionel Dray
Jérôme Lhomond
Clémence Jeanguillaume
Audrey Lhomond
Lazare Minoungou
Le chauffeur de taxi
Farid Bouzenad
Le commissaire
Basilis Athanassiadis
Policier arrestation
Patrice Trohel
Policier arrestation
Oumy Bruni Garrel
Jeune activiste
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