Nov 08, 2023
138 min
Full-HD

Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion (2023)

The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the homeless.

Category

History

Country

France

Companies

WY Productions SND France 3 Cinéma

Benjamin Lavernhe

Henri Grouès dit l'Abbé Pierre

Emmanuelle Bercot

Lucie Coutaz

Michel Vuillermoz

Georges Legay

Antoine Laurent

François Garbit

Alain Sachs

Père supérieur

Leïla Muse

Jeune fermière

Malik Amraoui

Ahmed

Chloé Stefani

Marlène Porte

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