Travelling avant

Aug 19, 1987

1h 54m

★ 4.3

Overview

Paris, October 1948. Nino, Gilles, Donald, Barbara and their friends are a new breed of spectators. They discover the cinema as art, they are moviegoers. They will try to realize their grand project: to found a film club. "My film first wants to be a testimony of young people who have lived for a passion. Cinema"

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

La Sept Cinéma

Erato Films

Travelling avant Trailers

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Cast

Nino

Thierry Frémont

Barbara

Ann-Gisel Glass

Donald

Simon de La Brosse

Angèle

Sophie Minet

Janine

Laurence Côte

Gilles

Luc Lavandier

Vicky

Nathalie Mann

Roger

Jacques Serres

Young brawler

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