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Ashes and Blood is a french film of genre Drama directed by Fanny Ardant with Ronit Elkabetz

Ashes and Blood (2009)

Ashes and Blood
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Length 1h45
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OriginFrance
Genres Drama
Rating61% 3.0517053.0517053.0517053.0517053.051705

Ashes and Blood (French: Cendres et sang) is a 2009 French, Romanian and Portuguese drama film directed by Fanny Ardant. It was given a special screening at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

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A widow, Judith returns to Marseille with her children for the wedding of her sister-in-law. Judith's husband was murdered in a vendetta-killing a decade earlier. In keeping with the Greek tragedy tradition of the film, violent family rivalries unravel with fatal consequences.

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