''Family Pack'' (, lit. "What Did Women Do When Men Walked on the Moon?") is a 2000 drama film, directed by Chris Vander Stappen.
[Lisa Nesselson]
"Family Pack"
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'', November 19, 2000.
Plot
July 1969. After two years in Canada, Sacha is back in her small city in Belgium. She has two disruptive news for her family. The first is that instead of being married or at least engaged, she has a
lesbian
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Canadian girlfriend; and the second is not better: instead of studying radiology in
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, she abandoned the studies despite the fact that her family had made huge sacrifices.
Cast
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Marie Bunel
Marie Bunel (born 1961) is a French film and stage actress.
Biography
Bunel was born on 27 May 1961 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France. She attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in West Hollywood, California and took ...
as Sacha Kessler
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Hélène Vincent
Hélène Vincent (born 9 September 1943) is a French actress and stage director.
Career
She made her on-screen debut in 1969, with the movie ''Pierre et Paul'', directed by René Allio. A couple of years later, she had roles in prominent produc ...
as Esther Kessler
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Mimie Mathy
Michèle "Mimie" Mathy (born 8 July 1957) is a French actress, comedian and singer. A former member of the female comedy trio "Les Filles" with Michèle Bernier and Isabelle de Botton, Mathy is best known for her starring role in the long-runn ...
as Elisa Kessler
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Tsilla Chelton
Tsilla Chelton (21 June 1919 – 15 July 2012) was a French actress of theatre and film, famous for playing the main role in 1990 film Tatie Danielle, in which she was nominated for a César Awards and as an elderly Dominican in Sister Smile.
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as Lea
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Macha Grenon
Macha Grenon (born June 7, 1968) is a Canadian film and television actress.[Emmanuel Bilodeau
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as Antoine
* Michel Israel as Jules
* Jacques Lavallée as Louis
* Marie-Lise Pilote as Debbie
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Mario Saint-Amand as Bob
Production
The movie was first screened to the
Chicago International Film Festival
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in 2000. Before it was released, it was also screened to the ''Turin International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival'' (Italy), in 2001.
In 2002 it was screened to the ''Febio Film Festival'' (Czech Republic) and to the ''Japan International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival'' (Japan).
Accolades
References
External links
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2000 films
2000 drama films
2000 LGBTQ-related films
French drama films
French LGBTQ-related films
French-language Canadian films
Belgian drama films
Belgian LGBTQ-related films
Canadian drama films
Canadian LGBTQ-related films
Swiss drama films
Swiss LGBTQ-related films
Lesbian-related films
2000s LGBTQ-related drama films
2000s Canadian films
2000s French films
Films scored by Frédéric Vercheval
2000s Belgian films
French-language drama films
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