Lost Seamen

Based on a novel by Jean-Claude Izzo, this melancholic movie focuses on three sailors being the last remaining crew members on their ship which is aground in the harbor of Marseille. After the owner has sold the "Aldébaran", only the Lebanese captain Aziz, the Greek Diamantis and the Turk Nelim are stuck on the boat for a lack of prospects. Aziz doesn't want to return to his wife, Diamantis tries to find a girl he left at the age of 20 and Nelim, young and foolish, just wants to have fun...

Cast

Bernard Giraudeau

as Diamantis

Marie Trintignant

as Mariette

Audrey Tautou

as Lalla

Darry Cowl

as Falco

Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović

as Abdul Aziz

Sergio Peris-Mencheta

as Nedim

Nozha Khouadra

as Gaby

Bakary Sangaré

as Ousbène l'Ivoirien

Ivan Franěk

as Le Marocain

Miglen Mirtchev

as Subotica, le Hongrois

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