Le petit Marcel (1976)
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Cast
Jacques Spiesser, Isabelle Huppert, Yves Robert, Michel Aumont, Pierre-Olivier Scotto, Anouk Ferjac, Jean Dasté, Maurice Bénichou, Hubert Gignoux, Michel Baumann, Jean-François Balmer, Roland Bertin, Victor Garrivier, Jean Benguigui, Valérie Quennessen
A young provincial seeking work in the Paris suburbs finds himself amid police-surveilled youths and a reactionary local political group.
The story
Marcel, a young man from the provinces, inherits his late father’s truck and travels to the Paris suburbs, hoping to work as an independent haulier. There he meets a group of inactive young people under police surveillance. In the small town, a populist political group led by the supermarket manager fosters an unhealthy, highly reactionary atmosphere bordering on illegality.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Marcel, a young man from the provinces, inherits the truck of his late father. He travels to the Paris suburbs, where he hopes to find work as an independent haulier. There he meets a group of inactive young people who are under police surveillance. In this small town, a populist political group led by the supermarket manager fosters an unhealthy, highly reactionary atmosphere bordering on illegality. Naive Marcel is drawn into some of the group’s activities, but realizes that this means siding against his friends. Then, manipulated by the police commissioner, he agrees to become an informant, providing information about the young people, who have become more demanding.
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