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The adventures of a group of friends who plan to recover crates full of gold from a fall in Canada.


October 1918: After returning to the civil life, the young Doctor Giorgino Volli searches for a group of children, which he had been the care-taker of before the first world war began. However, soon the searching becomes a part of hide-and-seek with death. Giorgino finds a village bordered with a treacherous marsh and rumours of wolves. There he also meets the mysterious Catherine....

Jeff Dahlgren
Giorgio/Giorgino

Mylène Farmer
Catherine

Frances Barber
Marie

Joss Ackland
Father Glaise

Jean-Pierre Aumont
Sébastien

Louise Fletcher
Innkeeper

Janine Duvitski
Josette

David Ryall
Professor Beaumont

John Abineri
Doctor Jodel
Sydnee Blake
Madam Petaud
Giorgino is a drama, horror, adventure film released in 1994. Directed by Laurent Boutonnat, it stars Jeff Dahlgren, Mylène Farmer, Frances Barber. October 1918: After returning to the civil life, the young Doctor Giorgino Volli searches for a group of children, which he had been the care-taker of before the first world war began. However, soon the searching becomes a part of hide-and-seek with death. Giorgino finds a village bordered with a treacherous marsh and rumours of wolves. There he also meets the mysterious Catherine....
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