Episodic film that follows a theater troupe from France attempting to put on a play in Sarajevo. Along their journey they are captured and held in a POW camp, and they call for help from their friends and relations in France.
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Madeleine Assas Ghalya Lacroix Bérangère Allaux Vicky Messica Frédéric Pierrot Harry Cleven Michel Francini Sabine Bail Max André Sylvie Herbert Cécile Reigher Dominique Pozzetto Valérie Delangre Xavier Boulanger Yasna Zivanovic Nathalie Dorval Daniel Krellenstein Jean Grécault Béatrice Avoine Marc Faure François Savioz Juliette Subira Valerio Popesco Euryale Winter Gérard Baume Norbert Krief Cécile Caillaud Eric Pichon Boris Andersen Pierre-Yves Boutrand Alain Wilmet Nedeljko Grujic Dan Thorens Sarah Bensoussan Karine Belly Claire Laroche Hervé Langlois Valérie Pelegatti Alain Moussay Stéphanie Lagarde Zbigniew Horoks André Lacombe Stanislas Gaczol Miles Jonn-Dalton Renaud Musy Serge Musy
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