People of No Importance (1956)

Original title

Des gens sans importance

Directed by

Henri Verneuil

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An unhappily married truck driver begins a relationship with a waitress he meets at a roadside restaurant. Their affair is cut short when tragedy strikes.

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What happens

People of No Importance (French: Des gens sans importance) is a 1956 French drama film directed by Henri Verneuil. It was based on the novel of the same name by Serge Groussard. Set entirely among ordinary working people, it tells the story of an unhappily married long-distance lorry driver who starts an affair with a young waitress at a restaurant where he stops frequently, but tragedy intervenes. The film was remade in 1986 by Koreyoshi Kurahara as Michi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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