The Friends

The Friends

88 mins | Drama | Sept. 7, 1971

Philippe is an older man and an industrialist whose wife is confined to her bed. They have no children. As he is preparing to go on a vacation to the seaside, he strikes up an acquaintance with Paul, a young working-class boy, and decides to bring him along. This is Paul's first glimpse of how the other half lives, with their first-class hotels and so on. When he meets some aristocratic young people at the resort, he tries to put over the fiction that he is of their class, with poor success.

The Friends

88 mins | Drama | Sept. 7, 1971

The Friends
Philippe is an older man and an industrialist whose wife is confined to her bed. They have no children. As he is preparing to go on a vacation to the seaside, he strikes up an acquaintance with Paul, a young working-class boy, and decides to bring him along. This is Paul's first glimpse of how the other half lives, with their first-class hotels and so on. When he meets some aristocratic young people at the resort, he tries to put over the fiction that he is of their class, with poor success.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Cinépol, O.C.F.
Original title Les Amis
Directors Gérard Blain
Writers André Debaecque, Gérard Blain

Cast

Philippe March

as Philippe

Yann Favre

as Paul

Jean-Claude Dauphin

as Nicolas

Nathalie Fontaine

as Marie-Laure

Dany Roussel

as Paul's Mother

Claude Larcher

as Béatrice

Hélène Zanicolli

as Monique

Christian Chevreuse

as Riding School Teacher

Martin Pierlot

as Jean-Marc

Liliane Valais

as Marie-Laure's Mother

Vincent Gauthier

as Olivier

Jean-Claude Holzen

as Richard

Dominique Oudard

as The Bellhop