

Lyons, France. Michel Descombes is a watchmaker who lives alone with his teenage son Bernard. When the police visit and informs him that Bernard killed a man and is on the run with a girl, Michel realizes that he knew far less about his son than he thought.
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l'horloger de Saint-Paul - 1 - (1974)
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Cast

Philippe Noiret
Michel Descombes

Jean Rochefort
Commissioner Guilboud

Jacques Denis
Antoine, friend of Michel

Yves Afonso
Inspector Bricard

Julien Bertheau
Edouard, friend of Michel

Jacques Hilling
Costes, journalist

Clotilde Joano
Janine Boitard, journalist

Andrée Tainsy
Madeleine Fourmet

William Sabatier
Lawyer

Cécile Vassort
Martine, workwoman

Sylvain Rougerie
Bernard Descombes, Michel's son

Christine Pascal
Liliane Torrini, companion of Bernard
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