Wicked Game

1997 - An old notable French provincial family falls under the spell of a manipulator with no scruples able to make a whole family become paranoid.

Cast

Michèle Laroque

as Hélène de Lassay Anger

Laurent Stocker

as Thomas Texier

Anne Consigny

as Isabelle de Lassay

Philippe Résimont

as Gérard Anger

Antoine Chappey

as François-Henri de Lassay

Serge Larivière

as Charles de Lassay

Édith Scob

as Madeleine de Lassay

Arthur Choisnet

as Thibault de Lassay

Ernst Umhauer

as Aymeric de Lassay

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