L'Échappée belle
4.7
An aviation magnate takes desperate measures to regain custody of his kids after he is granted minimal visitation rights by a harsh female judge. It's true that Manu Barnes is free-spirited and for much of his twelve year marriage to Mathilde that he has been too centered on his career, but he does love his kids and believes he should see them more often than one weekend a month. The judge called him irresponsible and he decides to disprove her words by kidnapping Chloe, the judge's strong-willed adolescent daughter. He takes the girl to a remote, snow-bound mountain cabin. Unfortunately, she thinks Manu is sexually attracted to her. A disaster nearly occurs there, but Chloe manages to get back to Paris. Though he knows a private detective is trailing him, the determined Manu decides to abduct his kids and take them out of the country.
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Cast
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Jean-Marc Barr
Manu Barnes
Known for
The Big Blue
Europa
Anémone
Jeanine, la juge
Known for
Santa Claus Is a Stinker
The Grand Highway
Olivia Bonamy
Chloé
Known for
Them
The Last Deadly Mission
Antoine Duléry
Clovis Delmotte
Known for
Camping
The Bonfire of Destiny
Laurence Masliah
Mathilde Barnes
Also in
Oh, Woe Is Me
A French Woman
Zinedine Soualem
l'avocat
Known for
JCVD
The Names of Love
Bernard Alane
Georges
Known for
The Suicide Shop
Hibernatus
Michèle Bernier
Madame Lambert
Known for
Country Cabaret
Surviving with Wolves
Denis Podalydès
Sanchez
Known for
Neuilly Yo Mama!
The Teacher
Emma de Caunes
Juliette
Known for
Mr. Bean's Holiday
The Science of Sleep
Bruno Lochet
l'inspecteur Cambois
Known for
Superchondriac
Five
Fabien Béhar
l'inspecteur Jaubert
Known for
Coco Before Chanel
The Butterfly
Étienne Dhaene Director · Gerard Rossini Screenplay Philippe Delettrez Composer
First release March 27, 1996 · Produced in France · Production M6 Films, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Production
Les Productions Lazennec
Production
M6 Films
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Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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France
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · March 27, 1996
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No release date listed for United States.
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