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The Gates of Paris (1957)
Directed by René Clair
Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime · 1h 36m
Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend The Artist are forced at gunpoint to house a fugitive, Pierre Barbier, in Juju's broken-down home. The urge for being needed is such in Juju that he gives up drinking and takes care of Pierre. But one day Juju finds out that Pierre has been making love to his girl Maria...
Cast
Pierre Brasseur
Juju
Georges Brassens
The Artist
Henri Vidal
Pierre Barbier
Dany Carrel
Maria
Raymond Bussières
Alphonse, the Bistro, Maria's Father
Gabrielle Fontan
Mme Sabatier, Juju and Nénette's Mother
P
Philippe de Chérisey
Paulo, a Regular at the Bistro
Annette Poivre
Nénette
Alain Bouvette
Paulo's Boyfriend
G
Gérard Buhr
An Inspector
Alice Tissot
The Concierge
Georges Aminel
(uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- René Clair
- Screenplay
- René Clair, Jean Aurel
- Novel
- René Fallet
- Director of Photography
- Robert Lefebvre
- Editor
- Louisette Hautecœur
- Producer
- René Clair
Details
- Original title
- Porte des Lilas
- Release date
- 1957-09-27
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, Italy