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Free Hands is a french film of genre Drama directed by Brigitte Sy with Ronit Elkabetz

Free Hands (2010)

Free Hands
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Length 1h40
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OriginFrance
Genres Drama
Rating65% 3.299653.299653.299653.299653.29965

Les Mains libres is a 2010 French drama film directed by Brigitte Sy. It stars Ronit Elkabetz, Carlo Brandt, and Noémie Lvovsky. It was released theatrically in France on 16 June 2010. It is a feature-length prequel to Sy's 2008 short film, L'Endroit idéal.

Synopsis

Barbara (Elkabetz) is a filmmaker developing a film written and acted by prison inmates in Paris. She defies legal boundaries and unleashes a series of consequence when she forms a deep romantic relationship with Michel (Brandt), an inmate involved in the film project.

Actors

Ronit Elkabetz

(Barbara)Noémie Lvovsky

(Rita)Carlo Brandt

(Michel)François Negret

(Sergueï)Gurgon Kyap

(James)
And :
Abdelhafid Metalsi
Denis Maréchal
Xavier Legrand
Dominique Frot
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