Small World (2010)

6.3/10 93 min Drama

Overview

Conrad Lang, a handyman in a rich family - he has been raised like a brother with Thomas, who has the same age -, accidentally puts fire to the big holiday house he keeps. He returns to the town he grew up in, to the family home, where Philippe, Thomas's son, and Simone are getting married. Conrad's frequent memory loss and behavioural problems rapidly reveal a neurological disease (Alzheimer's is suggested by doctor Cohen when he examens Elvira) which leads Elvira, Thomas's stepmother, to install Conrad in a guesthouse on the property, with the help of a nurse. When Conrad looses more and more his landmarks in present and past, memories of his youth come back to surface. They intrigue Simone, since these memories do not entirely fit together with the official family history...

Cast

Gérard Depardieu

Conrad Lang

Alexandra Maria Lara

Simone Senn

Niels Arestrup

Thomas Senn

Nathalie Baye

Elisabeth Senn

Yannick Renier

Philippe Senn

Françoise Fabian

Elvira Senn

Féodor Atkine

Scholler

Olivier Claverie

Doctor Cohen

Pascale Arbillot

Doctor Wirth

Sarah Stern

Mom Anna

Anne Benoît

Nadia

Hélène Hardouin

Consuela

Néo Rouleau

Tomi as a child

Xavier Thiam

Indian

Corinne Debonnière

Nurse Sophie

Delphine Théodore

Pregnant saleswoman

Benjamin Baroche

Guard

Nathalie Blanc

Young woman 'Old France'

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