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Plot

French filmmaker Sam Karmann directs the crime drama A La Petite Semaine (Nickel and Dime), co-written with actual ex-con Desir Carre. When fiftysomething Jacques (Gerard Lanvin) gets released after serving five years in prison, he goes right to his local hangout and reunites with his old hoodlum friends in a working-class section of Montmarte. His friend Francis (Jacques Gamblin) has been taking acting classes, living with his mother (Liliane Rovere), and dating the waitress Camille (Julie Durand). His other friend, small-time crook Didier (Clovis Cornillac),has been gambling a lot, event though he and his wife Josiane (Sarah Haxaire) are expecting a baby. To the dismay of head criminal Marcel (Etienne Chicot), Jacques doesn't want to continue with a life of crime. A La Petite Semaine also stars Philippe Nahon as the bartender.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
98min.
Theatrical Release Date:
04/10/2005
DVD Release Date:
10/25/2007
Distributor(s):
Mars Films
Director(s):
Themes:
Going Straight
Tone:
Intimate,Understated
Keywords:
bar [pub],cafe-owner,petty-crime,prison,small-time
Language:
French