Movie: Charly

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Kristin Scott Thomas
Kristin Scott Thomas

Marie

Jacques Penot
Jacques Penot

Charly

Régis Bègue
Régis Bègue

Pascal Elso
Pascal Elso

Boris Bergman
Boris Bergman

Hélène Ruby
Hélène Ruby

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    Charly, a young man in his thirties, is illiterate. He hides this handicap by combining humor and a sense of trickery. Charly found his mode of expression: music, for which and by which he lives while searching in the metro with his friends. It is there that he will meet Marie, seduced by this marginal sax player. Marie, despite the tricks deployed by Charly, will quickly realize that he is illiterate. But love has already given Charly the desire to learn to read...

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    1985-12-11

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