The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
On August 24, 1944, the day Paris was liberated, Maurice saw his cell door open. Although he had spent the whole war "in the shadows", it was not for acts of resistance, but for stealing a bicycle. His contact with the free world was quite brutal. The queues he observed at the butcher's gave him an idea. With the help of his childhood friend Roland, who has lost everything gambling-wise, he steals "Berlingot", the horse from a delivery car, and offers it for sale on the black market. But the "nag" is not of the same opinion.
Ratings
IMDb3.9/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Marc ThibaultWriter
- Roger PierreWriter
- Jean-Marc ThibaultDirector
Cast
- Roger PierreMaurice
- Jean-Marc ThibaultRoland
- Alexandre DréanRoland's neighbor with the dog
- Louisette RousseauRoland's concierge
- Michel NastorgJean-Pierre, effeminate butcher
- André AstierCast
- Dominique DavrayCreamer
- Robert DhéryAgent who arrests the suitcase thief
- Geneviève GermainCast
- Pierre GualdiCast
- Yvon JeanEmployee of the slaughterhouse
- Henri LabussièrePolice officer Léon