Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents
Synopsis
Paris, September 1958. Irene is a devoted and fervent Communist activist. Her husband Bernard, who sells shoes, is not. Irene's political activity within the Party make her an independent woman. Which inevitably sparks jelousy in Bernard, as well as admiration. They love each other, but political activism and family life don't always go together. They have one son, Leon, and also share the house with Charlot, Irene's uncle. The year 1958 is a turning point for Irene and her family. Bernard's shoes store goes bankrupt and he becomes a delivary man for a department store. Meanwhile, Charles De Gaulle has returned to the political stage with a new constitution for France, which is submitted to a national referendum. Irene makes the issue a personal affair, and she and her comrades campaign vigorously for a "No" vote. Yet another event will dsirupt the family's life : the Red Army Choir comes to Paris, bringing with it the soloist Ivan, who has a fateful encounter with Irene...
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Director (1)
Actors (18)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Salomé
- Co-productions : M6 Films, Les Productions du 3ème Etage, Les Films Flam , La Générale d'images, TF1 Films Production, BAC Films
- Foreign production companies : Mafilm, Limbo Film
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : BAC Films
Full credits (25)
- Executive Producer : Maurice Bernart
- Assistant directors : Thierry Binisti, David Ferrier, François Azria
- Foreign producers : Luciano Gloor, André Szöts
- Associate producers : Jean Labadie, Michel Propper
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Lorrain
- Line Producer : Alain Centonze
- Screenwriters : Jean-Jacques Zilbermann, Nicolas Boukhrief
- Director of Photography : Bruno Delbonnel
- Assistant Operators : Jacques Ballay, Béatrice Mizrahi
- Production Manager : Claude Parnet
- Press Attachés (film) : Marie-Josée Di Tullio, Anne Ropars
- Editor : Joële Van Effenterre
- Sound editor : Catherine d'Hoir
- Assistant editors : Pascale Chrétien, Annick Hurst
- Production Assistant : Florence Leonnet
- Continuity supervisor : Florence Bodin-Joyeux
- Production Designer : Jean-Vincent Puzos
- Art director : Ana Montañana Alba
- Music Composer : Serge Franklin
- Casting : Tatiana Vialle
- Costume designer : Fabienne Katany
- French Distributor : Jean Labadie
- Sound Mixer : Christian Fontaine
- Still Photographer : Bernard Prim
- Location manager : Nathalie Bernart
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Themes : Politics, Memories
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Switzerland, Hungary, Germany
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Switzerland, Hungary, Germany)
- Production year : 1993
- French release : 01/12/1993
- Runtime : 1 h 30 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 75450
- Visa issue date : 16/11/1993
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
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