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Lamia

Lamia

Genres

Drama

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Lamia, a naive woman of twenty years, lives with her husband, a coach weird and dumb mother of it, drowned in disarray. All three live an unusual and offbeat daily in Lebanon shaken by terror...

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

103 mins

Rating

1.1/10

Release Date

21 October 2015

Country

France

Cast

Pascale Habib

Pascale Habib

Lamia

Joelle Hélary

Joelle Hélary

La Mère / The mother

Christophe Karabache

Christophe Karabache

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