Families (film)

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Families
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Directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Written by Philippe Le Guay
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Julien Rappeneau
Produced byLaurent Pétin
Michèle Pétin
Starring Mathieu Amalric
Marine Vacth
Gilles Lellouche
Nicole Garcia
Karin Viard
Guillaume de Tonquédec
André Dussollier
Gemma Chan
Cinematography Thierry Arbogast
Edited byVéronique Lange
Music byMartin Rappeneau
Production
company
ARP Sélection
Distributed byARP Sélection
Release dates
  • 25 August 2015 (2015-08-25)(Angoulême)
  • 14 October 2015 (2015-10-14)(France)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$12.9 million [1]
Box office$3.3 million [2]

Families (original title: Belles Familles) is a 2015 French comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, his first directorial effort since 2003's Bon Voyage . Filming began on 16 June 2014 in Blois. [3] The film was released in theatres on 14 October 2015. [4] It was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. [5]

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References

  1. "Belles familles (2015) - JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com.
  2. "Families". Box Office Mojo.
  3. "Jean-Paul Rappeneau films Belles Familles". Cineuropa. 20 June 2014.
  4. "Belles Familles". Canal+ .
  5. "Toronto to open with 'Demolition'; world premieres for 'Trumbo', 'The Program'". ScreenDaily. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.