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Counterparts is a Allemand film of genre Drama with Wotan Wilke Möhring
Counterparts (2007)
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Georg Hoffmann est policier, Anne, son épouse, est institutrice. Leurs deux enfants ne vivent plus chez eux. Respectés et appréciés dans leurs milieux professionnels respectifs, ils forment apparemment un couple équilibré. Mais, ce n'est qu'une pure façade : Anne, insatisfaite, est devenue une femme violente qui maltraite son mari. Georg accepte avec résignation cette situation. Déchiré, le couple demeure pourtant uni face à l'adversité…Actors
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