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Way of Youth
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Françoise Arnoul
Yvette Grandmaison
Bourvil
Charles Michaud
Lino Ventura
Tiercelin
Alain Delon
Antoine Michaud
Pierre Mondy
Lulu
Paulette Dubost
Hélène Michaud
Sandra Milo
Olga
Jean-Claude Brialy
Paul Tiercelin
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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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1959-09-23
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