The High Life (1951)
La Grande Vie
Jojo is a seventeen-year-old factory worker living poorly in Aubervilliers with his grandmother. Dissatisfied with his lackluster everyday life, Jojo dreams of the high life. He starts mixing with shady individuals such as thieves and traffickers. At a time, he even contemplates murdering a rich butcher. Fortunately, his protector Monsieur Charles, a warm-hearted gangster, will stop him from carrying out this crazy plan, thus wasting his young life.
- Date of release
- 1951-10-26
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Henri Schneider
Casting
- Luc Andrieux — Thief
- Serge Bento — Jojo
- Paul Bisciglia
- José Casa — Coach
- Rémi Clary — Thug
- Jean-Claude Debet
- Renée Dennsy — Mrs. Jules
- Jacques Denoël
- Catherine Erard
- Émile Genevois — Worker
- Lucien Gonzalès
- Claire Guibert — Fernande
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