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42 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Souvenirs souvenirs
1984 2h 4m FR
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5.4
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★5.4TMDB · 9
ComedyDramaMusic
Synopsis
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A former singer, who was drafted and fought in the Algeria war, is demobilized and wants to make a come back, which is not easy when you've been gone for twenty-seven months; meanwhile, his kid brother falls in love with his music teacher and is involved in very bad things .Arrested, he is released thanks to the teacher's evidence who provides him with an alibi before leaving him for good.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Christophe Malavoy
Rego Boccara / John B. Cutton
Gabrielle Lazure
Hélène
Pierre-Loup Rajot
Antoine Boccara
Philippe Noiret
Le proviseur
Annie Girardot
Emma Boccara
Marlène Jobert
Nadia
Claude Brasseur
Firmani
Jean Benguigui
Samuel
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Ariel Zeitoun
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- France
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The take
Ariel Zeitoun directs. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 142 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Christophe Malavoy and Gabrielle Lazure and Pierre-Loup Rajot carry the top of the cast.
- 4IMDB entry: tt0088156 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 5Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 124 min · 2h 4m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Ariel Zeitoun
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1984-09-19
