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Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents (1993)
Directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Comedy · 1h 30m
This bright domestic drama captures a moment in time when, for a large number of idealistic and grateful French men and women, the promise of Russian communism was bright, and everything Russian was a source of joy and amazement. In the story, Irene was rescued from Auschwitz by soldiers from the U.S.S.R., and since that time she has enthusiatically considered Russia to be the source of hope in the world. Her more pragmatic husband has, by 1958, grown somewhat weary of her enthusiasm, which has led her to decorate their apartment with anything Russian she can get her hands on. Matters come to a head when she is befriended by three members of the Red Army Choir during their tour of Paris.
Cast
Josiane Balasko
Irène
Maurice Bénichou
Bernard
Catherine Hiegel
Régine
Jean-François Dérec
Oncle Charlot
Viktor Neznanov
Ivan
Aleksey Maslov
Sacha
Christine Dejoux
Jeannette
Jacques Herlin
Choumerski
André Oumansky
Cousin Isaac
Patrick Burgel
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Crew
- Director
- Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
- Screenplay
- Nicolas Boukhrief, Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
- Director of Photography
- Bruno Delbonnel, Thierry Jault
- Original Music Composer
- Serge Franklin
- Editor
- Joële Van Effenterre
- Producer
- Maurice Bernart, Luciano Gloor, André Szöts
Details
- Original title
- Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes
- Release date
- 1993-12-01
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Bac Films, Canal+, Les Films Flam