Travelling avant (1987)
Directed by Jean-Charles Tacchella

Comedy / Drama

Film Synopsis

It is in a provincial ciné-club in 1948 that Nino meets Donald.  Both are mad about cinema and they agree to go to Paris to indulge their passion for films.  Donald's ambition is to become a filmmaker, Nino is just a rampant cinephile.  In Paris, they meet a young woman of their own age, Barbara, and both fall in love with her, although it is Donald who takes her fancy.  As Donald looks for work as an assistant director, Nino attempts to found his own ciné-club...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jean-Charles Tacchella
  • Script: Jean-Charles Tacchella
  • Cinematographer: Jacques Assuérus
  • Music: Raymond Alessandrini
  • Cast: Thierry Frémont (Nino), Ann-Gisel Glass (Barbara), Simon de La Brosse (Donald), Sophie Minet (Angele), Laurence Côte (Janine), Luc Lavandier (Gilles), Nathalie Mann (Vicky), Jacques Serres (Roger), Alix de Konopka (Wanda), Philippe Laudenbach (Le sosie de Julien Duvivier), Jean-Michel Molé (Le proprio du cinéma), Catherine Hubeau (La mère de Donald), Olivier Lebeau (Le père de Donald), Jacqueline Fontaine (L'hôtelière), Régis Bouquet (Le gardien de nuit), Marie Garcin (Olympe), Claude Beylie (Un contrôleur de la cinémathèque), Jean-Michel Arnold (Un contrôleur de la cinémathèque), Eliane Régis (La cuisinière du restaurant), Françoise Caillaud (La mère de Janine)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 114 min

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