Rue de Paris

Rue de Paris

90 mins | Drama | Oct. 21, 1959

Life in a one-parent family with a focus on the parent, Henri Neveu (Jean Gabin), is the topic of this standard drama with a dash of comedy. While Henri was a POW during the war, his wife passed away and he returned to face the challenges of bringing up three children alone. Henri may get drunk and angry at times but he also has a better side that will not stay buried. Since handling three children alone is no easy task, the single father has the choice of growing in the process or not.

Rue de Paris

90 mins | Drama | Oct. 21, 1959

Rue de Paris
Life in a one-parent family with a focus on the parent, Henri Neveu (Jean Gabin), is the topic of this standard drama with a dash of comedy. While Henri was a POW during the war, his wife passed away and he returned to face the challenges of bringing up three children alone. Henri may get drunk and angry at times but he also has a better side that will not stay buried. Since handling three children alone is no easy task, the single father has the choice of growing in the process or not.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Filmsonor, Les Films Ariane, Intermondia Films, Vides Film
Original title Rue des Prairies
Directors Denys de La Patellière
Writers René Lefèvre, Denys de La Patellière, Michel Audiard

Cast

Jean Gabin

as Henri Neveu

Marie-José Nat

as Odette

Claude Brasseur

as Loulou

Renée Faure

as Maître Surville

Roger Dumas

as Fernand

Paul Frankeur

as Ernest

Roger Tréville

as Jacques Pedrell

Dominique Page

as Josette

Jacques Monod

as le président du tribunal

François Chaumette

as le directeur de l'école

Louis Seigner

as le procureur de la république

Alfred Adam

as Loutrel, le manager de Louis