Tout le monde n’a pas eu la chance d’avoir des parents communistes (1993)
Comedy

Dir: Jean-Jacques Zilbermann

Dir: Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
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Overview
Tout le monde n’a pas eu la chance d’avoir des parents communistes is a French film comedy first released in 1993,
directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann.
The film stars Josiane Balasko, Maurice Bénichou, Catherine Hiegel, Jean-François Dérec and Viktor Neznanov.
It has also been released under the title: Not Everybody’s Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Synopsis
September, 1958. With the grudging support of his wife
Irène, Bernard runs a small shoe shop in Paris. Whilst he
is politically ambivalent, Irène is a fervently militant
communist, who longs for the day when everyone will share her vision of
a Marxist-Leninist Utopia. Her immediate concern is to ensure
President De Gaulle is defeated in a referendum to reform the French
constitution, which will result in the creation of the Fifth
Republic. Irène’s political convictions are boosted when
the chorus of the Red Army comes to town and she falls for the charms
of its handsome young lead singer, Ivan...
Film Review
Jean-Jacques Zilbermann’s first directorial offering combines an ironic
look at political idealism with an endearing portrait of an ordinary
family in 1950s France. Truthful and convincing performances from
Josiane Balasko and Maurice Bénichou easily make up for an
evident lack of substance in the narrative, whilst the meticulous
costume and set design effectively evoke the period in which the film
is set. It’s an engaging film which will have a particular appeal
to anyone who appreciates the talents of the Red Army chorus, possibly
the best thing the Soviet Union ever gave the world.
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