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Paname: The Ghost of the Great Frenchman
Paname: The Ghost of the Great Frenchman

Paname: The Ghost of the Great Frenchman

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Ferdinand de Lesseps, known as “The Great Frenchman”, will embark in the greatest adventure of his life: To unite the Pacific and Atlantic oceans through a Canal in the Isthmus of Panama – without knowing that this will cost him his reputation, thousands of innocent lives and the biggest financial scandal of all time, up to that point: the famous “Scandal of Panama”. Today, the French capital is known as “Paname”.

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French

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Release Date

21 November 2018

Country

France

Cast

Arnaud Ramière de Fortanier

Arnaud Ramière de Fortanier

Self

Philippe Casenave

Philippe Casenave

Self

Jorge Quijano

Jorge Quijano

Self

Christian Moreau

Christian Moreau

Self

Marc de Banville

Marc de Banville

Self

Juan David Morgan

Juan David Morgan

Self

Celestino Araúz

Celestino Araúz

Self

Max Domínguez

Max Domínguez

Self

Olivier Peissel

Olivier Peissel

Narrator (voice)

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