L'échappée belle

L'échappée belle

85 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 27, 1996

An aviation magnate takes desperate measures to regain custody of his kids after he is granted minimal visitation rights by a harsh female judge. It's true that Manu Barnes is free-spirited and for much of his twelve year marriage to Mathilde that he has been too centered on his career, but he does love his kids and believes he should see them more often than one weekend a month. The judge called him irresponsible and he decides to disprove her words by kidnapping Chloe, the judge's strong-willed adolescent daughter. He takes the girl to a remote, snow-bound mountain cabin. Unfortunately, she thinks Manu is sexually attracted to her. A disaster nearly occurs there, but Chloe manages to get back to Paris. Though he knows a private detective is trailing him, the determined Manu decides to abduct his kids and take them out of the country.

L'échappée belle

85 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 27, 1996

L'échappée belle
An aviation magnate takes desperate measures to regain custody of his kids after he is granted minimal visitation rights by a harsh female judge. It's true that Manu Barnes is free-spirited and for much of his twelve year marriage to Mathilde that he has been too centered on his career, but he does love his kids and believes he should see them more often than one weekend a month. The judge called him irresponsible and he decides to disprove her words by kidnapping Chloe, the judge's strong-willed adolescent daughter. He takes the girl to a remote, snow-bound mountain cabin. Unfortunately, she thinks Manu is sexually attracted to her. A disaster nearly occurs there, but Chloe manages to get back to Paris. Though he knows a private detective is trailing him, the determined Manu decides to abduct his kids and take them out of the country.
Producers
Original title L'échappée belle
Directors Étienne Dhaene
Writers

Cast

Jean-Marc Barr

as Emmanuel Barnes

Anémone

as Jeanine, la juge

Olivia Bonamy

as Chloé

Antoine Duléry

as Clovis Delmotte

Laurence Masliah

as Mathilde Barnes

Zinedine Soualem

as l'avocat

Bernard Alane

as Georges

Michèle Bernier

as Madame Lambert

Denis Podalydès

as Sanchez

Emma de Caunes

as Juliette

Bruno Lochet

as l'inspecteur Cambois

Fabien Béhar

as l'inspecteur Jaubert

Louise Boisvert

as La chef de cabinet

Christian Cloarec

as Contrôleur 2

Muriel Combeau

as Contrôleur 1

Gilles David

as Commandant Airbus

André Sanfratello

as M. Michard

Shush Tenin

as Jeune homme boîte

Claude Tissot

as Maître d'hôtel

Loïc Varraut

as Mathieu

Christian Zanetti

as Inspecteur Périneau