Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents explained

Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents
Director:Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Producer:Maurice Bernart
Alain Centonze
Luciano Gloor
Jean Labadie
Michel Propper
André Szöts
Starring:Josiane Balasko
Music:Serge Franklin
Cinematography:Bruno Delbonnel
Thierry Jault
Editing:Joële Van Effenterre
Distributor:BAC Films
Runtime:90 minutes
Country:France
Language:French
Budget:$3.4 million
Gross:$3 million[1]

Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents or French: Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes is a 1993 French comedy film directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann and starring Josiane Balasko. She received her second nomination to the César Award for Best Actress for this role.

Plot

This is set in 1958 during an open referendum for the adoption of the Constitution of the Fifth French Republic. It is about the daily life of Irene, a communist activist who was rescued from concentration camps by the Red Army when she was young, and who is married to Bernard, a small Gaullist shopkeeper. Their political differences undermine the couple. In a historical moment, the Alexandrov Ensemble come to give a performance in France, allowing Irene to meet veterans of the Battle of Stalingrad in the sight of her jealous husband. She will do anything to convince him to vote no in the referendum.

Cast

Release

The film opened on 33 screens in Paris and grossed $262,278 in its opening week to finish in fourth place at the Paris box office.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tout le monde n\'a pas eu la chance d\'avoir eu des parents communistes (1993) - JPBox-Office.
  2. Screen International. 10 December 1993. 27. France welcomes the Buddha.