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Way of Youth

1959 · 90 min

A wry, bittersweet wartime drama that drifts between youthful recklessness and quiet moral unease.

Directed by
Michel Boisrond
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Bourvil, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura
Overview
This movie is a Marcel Aymé adaptation and it deals with the not-so-glorious side of the Occupation: black market, war profiteers, cracking open bottles of Champagne while most of the Parisians are almost starving.

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Directed by
Michel Boisrond
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Bourvil, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura
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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
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    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • corruption
    • coming-of-age
    • survival
    • morality
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour4
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Michel Boisrond
    Written by
    Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost
    Starring
    Bourvil, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura, Jean-Claude Brialy, Françoise Arnoul, Pierre Mondy, Paulette Dubost, Sandra Milo
    Music
    Paul Misraki
    Cinematography
    Christian Matras
    Runtime
    90 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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