A young Frenchman of Arab descent, Djamel, becomes convinced that his long-lost father is a rich factory owner in Grenoble. When the man coldly rejects him, Djamel plots a revenge that will implicate the man's closeted gay son.
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Yasmine Belmadi
Djamel
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Bernard Verley
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Gilles Sandoz
Stéphane Bouquet
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Yann Dedet
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La Grande Bouffe
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Sébastien Lifshitz
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Courted
Sébastien Lifshitz Director · Stéphane Bouquet Screenplay Yann Dedet Editor
United States release July 6, 2001 · Produced in France · Production Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, Agat Films & Cie
Production
La Sept-Arte
Production
Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
Production
Agat Films & Cie
Production
France
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Original title
Les terres froides
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Italy · September 4, 1999
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
France · December 1, 1999
Theatrical
United States · July 6, 2001
Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Finland
November 1, 2001 · Turku Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Greece
September 26, 2010 · Athens Film Festival
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