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Half a Chance is a french film of genre Comedy directed by Patrice Leconte released in USA on 1 january 1998 with Jean-Paul Belmondo
Half a Chance (1998)
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Add to a movie listUne chance sur deux is a French film directed by Patrice Leconte, released in 1998, and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon and Vanessa Paradis.
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Alice (Vanessa Paradis) leaves prison after having served an eight month sentence for car theft. Her mother, who has just died, leaves her a cassette on which she admits to the mystery of her birth. Alice has never known her father. Twenty years before, her mother had loved two men (Belmondo, Delon). One of them is, unknowingly, her father. Alice goes off to find the two, but before discovering which is her father she gets them involved in an adventure.Actors
Jean-Paul Belmondo
(Léo Brassac)
Alain Delon
(Julien Vignal)
Vanessa Paradis
(Alice Tomaso)
Michel Aumont
(Ledoyen)
Éric Defosse
(Carella)
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Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
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Rating74%
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