They Were Five
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9/1/1936Runtime
101 minsGenres
Overview
Five unemployed workers win 100,000 Francs in the national lottery. Instead of sharing the money, they buy a ruin and build an open-air cafe. But difficulties come to split their friendly group apart.
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A tender portrait of working-class solidarity that follows five unemployed men as they attempt to build something together, only to watch their shared dream fracture under the weight of personal desire and circumstance. It's a quietly devastating meditation on how fragile the bonds between people can be, even when built on genuine affection.
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Jean Gabin
Jean dit Jeannot
Charles Vanel
Charles dit Charlot
Viviane Romance
Gina
Charles Dorat
Jacques
Raphaël Médina
Mario
Micheline Cheirel
Huguette, la fiancée de Mario
Marcelle Géniat
la grand-mère d'Huguette
Fernand Charpin
le gendarme Antomarchi
Raymond Cordy
un ivrogne
Jacques Baumer
Gaston Jubette, le propriétaire
Raymond Aimos
Raymond dit Tintin
Robert Lynen
René
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