Ma blonde, entends-tu dans la ville? (1980)
Directed by René Gilson

Comedy / Drama

Film Synopsis

France, 1936, a time of political upheaval and national optimism.  Marie and Aldo are a young working class couple; she works in a textile mill; he is a miner.  Taking advantage of the paid leave that has been recently introduced by the Popular Front government, they set out on a well-deserved holiday together.  Their happiness is threatened when Aldo makes up his mind to fight aginst Fascism in the Spanish Civil War...
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Film Credits

  • Director: René Gilson
  • Script: René Gilson
  • Cinematographer: Ricardo Aronovich
  • Music: Makroussov
  • Cast: Francine Carpon (Marie), Jacques Zanetti (Aldo), Josette Hemsen (Marie's Mother), Elisabeth Chailloux (Denise), Cyril Robichez (Billaumont), Noël Simsolo (Dubourcq), Liliane Ledun (Madame Billaumont), Serge Martel (Emile Bonduelle), Arlette Renard (Madame Bonduelle), Pascal Aubier (Syndicalist), Otar Iosseliani (Syndicalist), René Gilson (Song seller), François Carpentier (Raymond, Marie's brother), Véronique Bondues (Sophie), Christian Zanetti (Driez, the murderer), Piero Chinosi (Aldo's father), Nathalie Spriet (A worker), Denise Préaux (Bar owner)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min

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