Happy New Year

– Gangster (Lino Ventura) with his accomplice (Charles Gérard), prepares to take part in the "first p..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 55 Minutes
Release Year:
1973
Original Name:
La Bonne année
Happy New Year (1973) - Also known as La Bonne année

Gangster (Lino Ventura) with his accomplice (Charles Gérard), prepares to take part in the "first psychological hold-up in the history of crime". Next door to the jewellers of Van Cleef & Arpels, on the Croisette, in Cannes, the find the shop of a beautiful antiques dealer (Françoise Fabian) who befriends the group. The driver and the antiques dealer fall in love. He is friendly but unrefined, she is cultivated and independent, but discovers that talking with Simon shows up her vanity, and she desires a simple and clean love. The hold-up which had been planned for a long time by the driver is shown to be more sophisticated than his methods of seduction.

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Happy New Year (1973) - Trailer

Release Date:

13 Apr 1973

Language:

French

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Claude Lelouch

Writer:

Claude Lelouch (original scenario), Pierre Uytterhoeven (adaptation), Claude Lelouch (adaptation)

Main Actors:

Lino Ventura, Françoise Fabian, Charles Gérard, André Falcon

Plot:

Released from prison apparently under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewellers in out-of-season Cannes but by someone special he met there.

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination.

Production:

Films 13

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
20%