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The Gates of Paris

  • September 27, 1957
  • 106 min.
  • Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime
  • France
  • Italy
Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend The Artist are forced at gunpoint to house a fugitive, Pierre Barbier, in Juju's broken-down home. The urge for being needed is such in Juju that he gives up drinking and takes care of Pierre. But one day Juju finds out that Pierre has been making love to his girl Maria...

Original title: Porte des Lilas

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British Academy Film Awards #11 - 1958

Award People Status
Best Picture
Best Foreign Actor Pierre Brasseur

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