Happy New Year (1973)
Released from prison under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewelry store in out-of-season Cannes, but also by a very special someone he met there.
Director:
Claude Lelouch
Writers:
Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven.
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Lino Ventura as Simon |
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Françoise Fabian as Françoise |
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Charles Gérard as Charlot |
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André Falcon as Jeweler |
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Mireille Mathieu as Self |
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Lilo as Madame Félix |
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Claude Mann as Intellectual |
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Frédéric de Pasquale as Parisian Lover |
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Gérard Sire as Prison Warden |
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Silvano Tranquilli as Italian Lover |
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André Barello as |
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Michel Bertay as |
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Norman de la Chesnaye as |
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Pierre Edeline as |
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Pierre Pontiche as |
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Michou as Self |
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Bettina Rheims as Young Saleswoman |
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Joseph Rythmann as |
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Georges Staquet as Police Commissioner in Paris |
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Jacques Villedieu as |
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Harry Walter as |
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Élie Chouraqui as Michel Barbier (uncredited) |
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Rémy Julienne as Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michel Deruelle | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Claude Lelouch | Producer |
| Directing | Claude Lelouch | Director |
| Writing | Claude Lelouch | Screenplay |
| Writing | Pierre Uytterhoeven | Screenplay |
| Camera | Jean Collomb | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Francis Lai | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Bernard Bats | Sound Engineer |
| Editing | Georges Klotz | Editor |
| Writing | Claude Lelouch | Original Story |
| Directing | Élie Chouraqui | Assistant Director |
| Production | Arlette Gordon | Casting |
| Crew | Rémy Julienne | Stunts |