Vive la sociale! (1983)
Directed by Gérard Mordillat

Comedy

Film Synopsis

Maurice Decques was born in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, the son of an American anarchist and Communist locksmith.  He looks back on the major events of his life, from the 1930s to 1955 - his childhood, his parents' political battles, the people he used to know in his neighbourhood, his meeting with Alain Bombard, and his taste for adventure which propelled him into his working life and his marriage.  Overall, he concludes, it hasn't been a bad life...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Gérard Mordillat
  • Script: Gérard Mordillat, Louis-Charles Sirjacq
  • Cinematographer: François Catonné
  • Music: Jean-Claude Petit
  • Cast: François Cluzet (Maurice Decques), Robin Renucci (Pater), Élisabeth Bourgine (Genichka), Jean-Yves Dubois (Vantrou), Yves Robert (Jojo, le père), Judith Magre (La mère), Jean-Pierre Cassel (Le camelot), Maurice Baquet (Monsieur Jo), Emmanuelle Debever (Gisèle), Claude Duneton (L'infirmier), Henri Génès (Monsieur Armand), Camille Grandville (Martine), Jean-Pierre Malignon (Hélas), Christophe Odent (Jojo, fils), Nicolas Philibert (Francis), Pascal Pistacio (Valentin), Jacques Rispal (Directeur du préventorium), Catherine Therouenne (Mademoiselle), Camille Clavel (Decques enfant), Olivier Villaudy (Valentin enfant)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 95 min

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