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Release Date:
May 22, 1974
Original Title:
La virée superbe
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld
Sofia Productions
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 86
Argenteuil, July 1973. Five unstable, insecure buddies pass the boredom by pilfering in the stores and revving up their motorcycles. On the eve of July 14th, during a trip to Bastille, a motorcycle paradise, one of them, Roger, gets into a fight with a policeman and is wounded. While fleeing, he meets a young "runaway" who helps him escape the search and rejoin Anne, "his wife". Despite a rather incredible maneuver, the two boys break into an apartment and kidnap the occupants. Anne and Roger don't manage to reach each other "discreetly", and the adventure ends stupidly: surrounded by the police, Roger makes a false move and throws the motorcycle into the ditch. When they get out of hospital or prison, life starts all over again.
Director:
Gérard Vergez
Director of Photography:
Jean Orjollet
Editor:
Chantal Delattre
Producer:
Jacques Roitfeld
Jacques Arax
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