The Gates of Paris (1957)
Porte des Lilas
Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend The Artist are forced at gunpoint to house a fugitive, Pierre Barbier, in Juju's broken-down home. The urge for being needed is such in Juju that he gives up drinking and takes care of Pierre. But one day Juju finds out that Pierre has been making love to his girl Maria...
- Date of release
- 1957-09-27
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (37)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime
- Director
- René Clair
Casting
- Pierre Brasseur — Juju
- Georges Brassens — The Artist
- Henri Vidal — Pierre Barbier
- Dany Carrel — Maria
- Raymond Bussières — Alphonse, the Bistro, Maria's Father
- Gabrielle Fontan — Mme Sabatier, Juju and Nénette's Mother
- Philippe de Chérisey — Paulo, a Regular at the Bistro
- Annette Poivre — Nénette
- Alain Bouvette — Paulo's Boyfriend
- Gérard Buhr — An Inspector
- Alice Tissot — The Concierge
- Georges Aminel — (uncredited)
Interesting facts
- Based on: La Grande Ceinture
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 3
Porte des Lilas is a 1957 French-Italian crime drama film directed by René Clair, based on René Fallet's novel La Grande ceinture. The film is known as both Gates of Lilacs and The Gates of Paris, but was released under the latter title in the United States.
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