Witz

Witz

2019 · 87 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, Comedy

Stella is a failed actress who loses her ability to laugh after sustaining a brain injury. Without humor, she feels she 'cant function anymore. Her neurologist advices her to meet Frank, a geologist-driller-blaster who works in a stone quarry and suffers from the same syndrome...

Directed by Martine Doyen

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Sam Louwyck Franck
Pierre Nisse Camping skinhead
Sandrine Blancke Stella
Fiona Gordon
Dominique Abel
Christophe Piette Male nurse with glasses

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