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After 10 years of French torture - psychological torture - it's great to do an American movie.

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Emmanuelle Beart
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 14
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Model
Stage Actor
Bellville
Texas
Emmanuelle Béhart-Hasson
Emmanuelle Beart
Emmanuelle Behart-Hasson
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Torture
French
Psychological
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