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Une vie contre l'oubli
Une vie contre l'oubli

Une vie contre l'oubli

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Documentary

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Portrait of Belgian historian, reporter and documentarian André Dartevelle.

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

75 mins

Rating

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Release Date

05 October 2016

Country

Cast

André Dartevelle

André Dartevelle

Himself

Luc Dardenne

Luc Dardenne

Michel Khleifi

Michel Khleifi

Hugues Le Paige

Hugues Le Paige

José Dubié

José Dubié

Wilbur Leguebe

Wilbur Leguebe

Emmanuelle Dupuis

Emmanuelle Dupuis

Alain Lapiower

Alain Lapiower

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