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Happy New Year
Happy New Year

Happy New Year

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ComedyCrimeDramaRomance

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Released from prison 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 jewelry store in out-of-season Cannes, but also by a very special someone he met there.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

115 mins

Rating

7.182/10

Release Date

13 April 1973

Country

France

Cast

Lino Ventura

Lino Ventura

Simon

Françoise Fabian

Françoise Fabian

Françoise

Charles Gérard

Charles Gérard

Charlot

André Falcon

André Falcon

Jeweler

Mireille Mathieu

Mireille Mathieu

Self

Lilo

Lilo

Madame Félix

Claude Mann

Claude Mann

Intellectual

Frédéric de Pasquale

Frédéric de Pasquale

Parisian Lover

Gérard Sire

Gérard Sire

Prison Warden

Silvano Tranquilli

Silvano Tranquilli

Italian Lover

André Barello

André Barello

Michel Bertay

Michel Bertay

Norman de la Chesnaye

Norman de la Chesnaye

Pierre Edeline

Pierre Edeline

Pierre Pontiche

Pierre Pontiche

Michou

Michou

Self

Bettina Rheims

Bettina Rheims

Young Saleswoman

Joseph Rythmann

Joseph Rythmann

Georges Staquet

Georges Staquet

Police Commissioner in Paris

Jacques Villedieu

Jacques Villedieu

Harry Walter

Harry Walter

Élie Chouraqui

Élie Chouraqui

Michel Barbier (uncredited)

Rémy Julienne

Rémy Julienne

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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