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As Luck Would Have It
As Luck Would Have It

As Luck Would Have It

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Jean-Pierre is a literature professor in Switzerland. Due to the vagarities of Swiss law, he is selected, basically at random, to be the guardian of a parentless teenage boy named Antoine. Conflict comes into the story as Jean-Pierre, who has just accepted a major promotion, must now deal with caring for a teenage boy he doesn't want to care for, as well as handling his own jealous boyfriend. Then his wife steps into the picture. Things get complicated from there as Jean-Pierre tries to get out of his guardianship.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

5.615/10

Release Date

20 December 2002

Country

Spain

Cast

Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Pierre Muller

Sabine Haudepin

Sabine Haudepin

Alice

Julien Bravo

Julien Bravo

Antoine

Antonio Interlandi

Antonio Interlandi

Armando

Elena Noverraz

Elena Noverraz

Ana

Lorriane Cherpillod

Lorriane Cherpillod

Samantha

Jacques Michel

Jacques Michel

Le Recteur

Anne Kreis

Anne Kreis

Mme La Juge

Juan-Antonio Crespillo

Juan-Antonio Crespillo

Grégoire

Jean-Pierre Gos

Jean-Pierre Gos

Bernie

Florence Quartenoud

Florence Quartenoud

Assistante sociale 1

Caroline Cons

Caroline Cons

Assistante sociale 2

Hélène Hudovernik

Hélène Hudovernik

La Fleuriste

Jean-Alexandre Blanchet

Jean-Alexandre Blanchet

Le Facteur

Brigitte Rosset

Brigitte Rosset

La Femme divorcée

Gaspard Boesch

Gaspard Boesch

Le Mari divorcé

Philippe Le Dem

Philippe Le Dem

Dufoix

Stéphane Sapin

Stéphane Sapin

Fleuriste

Yann Toderi

Yann Toderi

Tom Brunet

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