A Child in the Crowd
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A Child in the Crowd is a 1976 French drama film
directed by Gérard Blain
. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival
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Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Gérard Blain
Gérard Blain
Gérard Blain was a French actor and film director. He appeared in 60 films between 1944 and 2000. He also directed nine films between 1971 and 2000.-Selected filmography:* Les Mistons...
. It was entered into the 1976 Cannes Film Festival
1976 Cannes Film Festival
The 29th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 13-28, 1976. A new section, 'L'Air du temps', which is non-competitive and focuses on contemporary subjects, is introduced at this festival and discontinued after the next.- Jury :...
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Cast
- Jean François Cimino - Paul, enfant
- César Chauveau - Paul, adolescent
- Annie Kovaks - La mère de Paul
- Cécile Cousseau - Micheline, enfant
- Claude Treille - Micheline, adolescente
- Jean Bertal - Le père de Paul
- Gabrielle Sassoum - La grand-mère
- Raymonde Badé-Mauffroy - La maîtresse (as Raymonde Mauffroy)
- Jacques Benoît-Lévy - Directeur école
- Claude Cernay - Gilles
- Jurgens Doeres - Laurent
- Bernard Soufflet - Jacques