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The Adventures of Salavin (1964)

The Adventures of Salavin poster
Original title
Les Aventures de Salavin
Directed by
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged man in 1960s Paris experiences a series of small, everyday misadventures and personal reflections. The story follows his attempts to find meaning and connection in his routine life.

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What happens

The Adventures of Salavin (French: Les aventures de Salavin) is a 1964 French comedy drama film directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre and starring Maurice Biraud, Christiane Minazzoli and Geneviève Fontanel. It is based on the novel La confession de minuit by Georges Duhamel. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Saulnier. It was screened at the San Sebastián Film Festival the same year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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