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The Gates of Paris (1957)

Directed by René Clair · 96 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime

20.5 TOPICAL score · #4,467 of 6,776 films

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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...

The Gates of Paris (1957, directed by René Clair) has a TOPICAL score of 20.5 - ranked 4,467 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and audience, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 0 awards from 2 nominations. Audiences: TMDB 6.6/10 (37 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 22 languages.

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Critics-
Audience31
Awards76
Historical impact23
Lasting engagement11
Cast27
Legacy & cult status-

Starring: Pierre Brasseur (actor #1,081), Georges Brassens, Henri Vidal, Dany Carrel

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