Overview
The year is 1898. Héloïse, 9 years old, comes from a family belonging to the anti-Dreyfus and anti-Semitic Parisian high bourgeoisie. In a spirit of revolt, she begins a love affair with Maxime, a young Jewish journalist. During a terrible quarrel with her father, the latter suffers a stroke and dies. To get her away from Maxime, her mother Mathilde and her cousin Olympe take Héloïse on a trip to the Orient. After Cairo and the Pyramids, they go up the Nile and cross the desert in a caravan.
Director and cast
- Nina Companéez Director
- Dominique Blanc as Olympe de Cardeauville
- Dominique Reymond as Mathilde Ancelin
- Marina Hands as Héloïse Ancelin
- Jean-Claude Drouot as Jacques Coquerel
- Daniel Mesguich as Paul-Louis Gérard
- Samuel Labarthe as Ariel Cohen
- Eric Ruf as Maxime Meyer
- Jean-Pierre Cassel as Victor Ancelin
- Anny Duperey as Jenny Latour
- Philippe Laudenbach as Anatole Ancelin
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