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La bande du drugstore (2002) [N/A]

Featuring:
Mathieu Simonet, Cécile Cassel, Aurélien Wiik

Written by:
François Armanet
Jean Helpert

Directed by:
François Armanet


Release Date:
April 17, 2002

Original Title:
La bande du drugstore

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
3B Productions
CNC
Canal+
France 2 Cinéma
France Télévision Images
Studio Images 8
StudioCanal

Production Countries:
France

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 93

Overview from TheMovieDB

In the sixties, the Drugstore "minets" were the best dressed, believed only in themselves and imagined themselves reinventing everything. The drag, the clubs, the first joints, the vacations on the Normandy coast, but also love and show-offs. Philippe and Marc do the four hundred tricks. Charlotte and Nathalie do the same on their side. Against a backdrop of Otis Redding and the Animals, a sentimental education before the upheaval of May 1968. The fury of living in a France that is bored.

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Overview from Open Movies

Set in Paris during the 1960s, a group of stylish teenagers hang out at a club called the Drugstore. Shy Philippe wants to meet a girl but he doesn't know how to go about it. Experienced Nathalie invites him and his friend Marc to the birthday party of the also quite shy Charlotte. Philippe and Charlotte develop a strong interest in each other, but neither one seems to know what to do about it. Philippe also tries to pick up girls with his friend Pierre, while Nathalie finds herself attracted to Charlotte's father.

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Rankings and Honors

La bande du drugstore (2002) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.0/10

Performers

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Production

Casting:
Annette Trumel

Costume Design:
Nathalie Raoul

Director:
François Armanet

Director of Photography:
Guillaume Schiffman

Editor:
Sandrine Deegen

Novel:
François Armanet

Producer:
Rachid Bouchareb
Jean Bréhat

Production Design:
Jean-Marc Tran Tan Ba

Screenplay:
François Armanet

Writer:
Jean Helpert

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