The Friends

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Gérard Blain

Writers

Gérard Blain, André Debaecque

Language

French

Country

France

Release date

7 September 1971

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Philippe March

  Philippe

• 

  Jean Favre

  Paul

• 

  Jean-Claude Dauphin

  Nicolas

• Nathalie Fontaine

  Marie-Laure

• Dany Roussel

  Paul's Mother

• Claude Larcher

  Béatrice

• Hélène Zanicolli

  Monique

• Christian Chevreuse

  Riding School Teacher

• Martin Pierlot

  Jean-Marc

• Liliane Valais

  Marie-Laure's Mother

• 

  Vincent Gauthier

  Olivier

• Sylvie Delanoë