A Child in the Crowd (1976)

Original title

Un enfant dans la foule

Directed by

Gérard Blain

Genre

LGBTQ-related film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy grows up feeling unloved and unwanted by his distant parents. The story is a close look at his lonely childhood in France.

intimatemelancholicslow-burncoldlonelyautobiographicalpersonalsomber

What happens

A Child in the Crowd (French: Un enfant dans la foule) is a 1976 French drama film produced, written and directed by Gérard Blain. The movie stars César Chauveau, Claude Treille, Annie Kovaks and Jean Bertal. The film has been characterized as an autobiographical study of Blain's own childhood; "unwanted and unloved by cold unfeeling parents." The film premiered at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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