Ceasefire

Ceasefire

103 mins | Drama | April 19, 2017

In the early 1920s, Georges Laffont, traumatized by the horrific trench warfare, decides to leave his life behind and travel to West Africa. In the vast territories of Upper Volta he - with the help of Diofo, artist and also survivor of the Great War - try to recruit the villagers as labor for plantations in Ghana. But his adventure leads him to a dead-end, and he comes back to Paris desperate to find his place in the world.

Ceasefire

103 mins | Drama | April 19, 2017

Ceasefire
In the early 1920s, Georges Laffont, traumatized by the horrific trench warfare, decides to leave his life behind and travel to West Africa. In the vast territories of Upper Volta he - with the help of Diofo, artist and also survivor of the Great War - try to recruit the villagers as labor for plantations in Ghana. But his adventure leads him to a dead-end, and he comes back to Paris desperate to find his place in the world.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Polaris Film Productions, Umedia, Fontana
Original title Cessez-le-feu
Directors Emmanuel Courcol
Writers Emmanuel Courcol

Cast

Romain Duris

as Georges Laffont

Céline Sallette

as Hélène

Julie-Marie Parmentier

as Madeleine

Grégory Gadebois

as Marcel

Yvon Martin

as Fabrice

Wabinlé Nabié

as Diofo

Morwenna Spagnol

as Amie Philippe

Thibault Pinson

as Le vétéran au cabaret