Coming to Terms with the Dead
1994, French. Directed by Pascale Ferran.
It’s summer, on the beach of this little town in Brittany, a man is building a sand castle. A few people watch him. We will be told the story of three of them: a boy, Jumbo, aged 9; François and his sister Zaza. All of them had to deal with the death of somebody they cherished.
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Pascale FerranDirector
- Didier SandreVincent
- Alexandre ZlotoVincent adolescent
- Catherine FerranFlorence "Zaza"
- Agathe De ChasseyFlorence "Zaza" adolescente
- Audrey BoitelLili
- Charles BerlingFrançois
- Mathieu RobinotFrançois enfant
- Sabrina LeurquinSuzanne
- Marianne CoillotSuzanne enfant
- Nadia Barentinla mère
- Jean Dautremayle père
- Guillaume CharrasJumbo
Details
- Released
- 5 October 1994
- Original title
- Petits arrangements avec les morts
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Pierre Trividic, Pascale Ferran
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Coming to Terms with the Dead runs 104 minutes (1h 44m).
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Coming to Terms with the Dead isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 October 1994. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like Coming to Terms with the Dead?
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Who directed Coming to Terms with the Dead?
Coming to Terms with the Dead (1994) was directed by Pascale Ferran and stars Didier Sandre, Alexandre Zloto, Catherine Ferran.