Small Change

Mar 17, 1976

1h 44m

★ 7.1

Overview

The lives of a motherless young man, who's just starting to find interest in women, and his physically abused, poverty stricken friend, are mixed with more or less innocent childhood experiences and challenges most their age experience.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Les Productions Artistes Associés

Les Films du Carrosse

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Cast

Jean-François Richet, the Schoolteacher

Jean-François Stévenin

Lydie Richet

Virginie Thévenet

Chantal Petit, the Schoolteacher

Chantal Mercier

Nadine Riffle, hairdresser, Laurent's mother

Tania Torrens

Grégory's mother

Nicole Félix

Julien Leclou

Philippe Goldman

Bruno Rouillard

Bruno de Stabenrath

Patrick Desmouceaux

Georges Desmouceaux

Monsieur Desmouceaux, Patrick's father

René Barnerias

Monsieur Riffle, hairdresser, Laurent's father

Francis Devlaeminck

Laurent Riffle

Laurent Devlaeminck

School Principal

Marcel Berbert

Anna, 17 years old, is happy to throw her first big birthday party without her parents, but some of her guests are so stoned that they leave a big chaos and, even worse, destroy the favorite record of Anna's father. After the return of her shocked and angry parents, Anna runs away to Munich with her admirer Simon. They discover the nightlife jungle and get to know some typical urban guys. Meanwhile, Anna's parents get in touch with Simon's and try to find their children. On the way across Munich, they remember their own wild and restless youth…

6.2

Emil and the Detectives

Dec 18, 1964

When Emil travels by bus to Berlin to visit his family, his money is stolen by a crook who specializes in digging tunnels. While following the thief, Emil runs into Gustav, a young boy who gathers up all his friends to help Emil find the money. However, they get into more trouble than they bargained for when Emil's pickpocket turns out to be mixed up with a couple of notorious bank robbers.

7.3

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Mar 31, 1983

Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a healthy liver from a still-living donor. The world's most voracious glutton brings the art of vomiting to new heights before his spectacular demise.

7.5

Emil and the Detectives

Oct 14, 1954

Emil goes to Berlin to see his grandmother with a large amount of money and is offered sweets by a strange man that make him sleep. He wakes up at his stop with no money. It is up to him and a group of children to save the day.

7.4

The Trap

Sep 13, 2007

Mladen and Marija are an ordinary and happy married couple of the "middle class" of the society in which they live as tenants. Mladen works as a civil engineer in a state company, and Marija is an English teacher in primary school. The couple finds joy in their only son, Nemanja. They discover that Nemanja has a rare heart disease and healing is possible with an operation in a foreign medical center, which costs €26,000.

7.3

Just a Question of Love

Jan 26, 2000

After his gay cousin dies from hepatitis, young Laurent, who lives with his best friend Carole, falls in love with Cedric, a plant scientist. He's afraid to inform his conservative parents that he is gay.

6.5

The Child I Never Was

Nov 15, 2002

A serial killer dispassionately discusses the nuts and bolts of his grisly avocation, as well as the youthful traumas which helped to mold him into a psychopath, in this disturbing independent drama from Germany, based on the true story of of Germany's most famous child murderer Juergen Bartsch who, between the ages of 15 and 19, abused, tortured and killed four schoolboys in the Ruhr region of Germany from 1962 to 1966.

7.4

Risky Business

Dec 21, 1967

A teenage girl accuses her primary schoolteacher, Jean Doucet (Jacques Brel), of trying to rape her. The police and the mayor investigate, but Doucet denies the charges. Two other students come forward to reveal more of Doucet's misconduct – one confessing to be his mistress. Doucet faces trial and hard labor if convicted.

5.2

Under the Christmas Sky

Oct 22, 2023

Esteemed astrophysicist Kat, scheduled for her first trip into space but sidelined due to an accident, meets a new man at the local planetarium. Together, they must work hard to open a new exhibit by Christmas.

7.0

Ms. Christmas Comes to Town

Oct 26, 2023

When Ms. Christmas, a shopping channel host, receives a terminal diagnosis, she heads on a multi-city excursion to spread Christmas cheer.

6.3

An Ice Palace Romance

Dec 14, 2023

A journalist faces old fears when she returns to her hometown ice rink to cover a story. With the help of the owner and his young daughter, she begins to reevaluate her life's purpose.

5.7

Joyeux Noel

Oct 29, 2023

Copy editor Lea and pragmatic reporter Mark head to France to learn about a mysterious artist behind a romantic Christmas painting.

6.9

My Christmas Guide

Nov 2, 2023

A college professor connects with a guide dog trainer after losing his eyesight and adopting a seeing eye dog.

5.2

Never Been Chris'd

Nov 4, 2023

Best friends Naomi and Liz return home for the holidays and simultaneously enter a love triangle when they both reconnect with their high school crush Chris Silver.

6.2

Christmas on Cherry Lane

Dec 9, 2023

Three couples at different parts of life navigate big turning points in their lives over the holidays.

6.7

Round and Round

Dec 10, 2023

While Rachel is stuck in a time loop, reliving the night of her parents' Hanukkah party, she leans on the boy her grandmother is trying to set her up with to make it out.