Cyanide

Overview

Achille, 13, awaits, full of hope, the release from prison of his father, unknown and fantasized. His dream of living as a threesome, like a real family, will be seriously undermined by a mother exhausted from waiting and this father who is unsuitable and made irresponsible by so many years of incarceration. Will this vulnerable person with a flamboyant past be able to keep the promise he made to his son to never live apart from him again?

Directed by Séverine Cornamusaz

Top cast

A

Alexandre Etzlinger

Achille

Roy Dupuis

Joe

Sabine Timoteo

Pénélope

Christophe Sermet

Alexis

L

Ludivine Geschworner

Mathilde

T

Thierry Jorand

Joe's boss

Isabelle Caillat

Police officer 1

M

Michel Demierre

Police officer 2

S

Serge Musy

Police officer 3

M

Marco Calamandrei

Prison guard

Lionel Fresard

Prison guard x-ray

P

Pascal Parizot

Supermarket client

M

Mathilde Mélèse

Supermarket employee

L

Lionel Blanc

Classmate

E

Eliott Favre

Baby Achille

T

Tuna Oez

Prison guard

Paul Joaquim Pereira

Prisonner

Y

Yannick Guiraud

Butcher

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