Movie Drama
Nelie escaped a miserable existence by becoming a frontline nurse in 1914. One day, she takes the identity of Rose, a young woman from a good family, who dies in front of her. She presents herself in her place at Madame de Lengwil's house, to become the reader of this wealthy woman.
France France
Lyna Khoudri Sabine Azéma Maud Wyler Laurent Poitrenaux Didier Brice Lise Lamétrie Olivier Broche Marie Hattermann Judith Leder Jacques Bachelier Ilario Gallo Dominique Kling Marie Seux Laure Werckmann Horst Kiss Raimund Schall Amélie Belohradsky Agnès Bourgeois Jacques Bruckmann Gautier Del Pia Bruno Dreyfürst Françoise Félicité Naton Goetz Alain Grellier Catherine Javaloyes Charles Leckler Vadim Sher Sarah Gendrot-Krauss
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