La ville-bidon (1971)

Director:

Jacques Baratier

Writers:

Jacques Baratier (original scenario), Christiane Rochefort (collaboration),

Stars:

Bernadette Lafont, Daniel Duval, Jean-Pierre Darras

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bernadette Lafont	...	Fiona
Daniel Duval	...	Mario
Jean-Pierre Darras	...	M. Brunet
Roland Dubillard	...	Le gardien de la cité
Robert Castel	...	Le pied-noir
Lucien Bodard	...	Le député-maire
Xavier Gélin	...	Un jeune cadre
Yvan Lagrange	...	Philippe
Nicole Karen	...	La femme du jeune cadre
Pierre Negre
Corinne Gorse	...	Zette
Françoise Lebrun	...	Lolotte
Jean-Paul Rousselet	...	Clovis
Attica Guedj
Michèle Rameau	...	Michèle

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

1970s | parisian suburb

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France West Germany

Language:

French

Release Date:

14 January 1976 (France)

Also Known As:

Der Schrottplatz

Company Credits

Production Co:

Baraka Productions, Bavaria Atelier, Parc Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Sa maison"
Written and Performed by Claude Nougaro

User Reviews

An interesting french docu drama.

A rare gem from the vaults that is a witness of french way of life, in the suburbs of Paris, more than forty years ago. A fist in the face which describes the poverty, indigence of ostracized, homeless, unemployed people the sharks of politics and building societies push to hopeless life. How these executives manipulate the poor families in order to make more and more money. A film which is also a docu drama and leaves you a taste of disgust in the mouth when you see so much injustice. From time to time, while watching it, you may wish to take a gun and shoot the TV set to kill all those SOBs who promise a better way of life to people whilst they try to survive among the "garbage lands".

Daniel Duval and Bernadette Lafont are convincing at the most. Young rebels not to forget.

Do not miss it.