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Status
Released
Release
2008
Runtime
2h
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"Music halls, romance, and danger. This is Paris, 1936."
A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries many, a leftist union-oriented candidate, Léon Blum, has been voted into power, and organized labor is feeling its new power by standing up to management.
46 Cast Members
Gérard Jugnot
Germain Pigoil
Clovis Cornillac
Émile Leibovich, aka 'Milou'
Kad Merad
Jacky Jacquet
Nora Arnezeder
Douce
Pierre Richard
Max, aka 'Monsieur TSF'
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
Félix Galapiat
Maxence Perrin
Jojo Pigoil
François Morel
Célestin
Élisabeth Vitali
Viviane, Jojo's mother
Christophe Kourotchkine
Lebeaupin, Viviane's new husband
Éric Naggar
Grevoul
Eric Prat
Commissioner Tortil
Julien Courbey
Mondain, Galapiat driver
Philippe du Janerand
Triquet, Galapiat's henchman
Marc Citti
Inspector of Quai des Orfèvres
Christian Bouillette
Dubrulle, stage manager
Thierry Nenez
Crouzet, grocer
Frédéric Papalia
Clément, Jojo's friend
Stéphane Debac
Social services inspector
Jean Lescot
Dorfeuil, first director of Chansonia
