Comrades
Camarades
Synopsis
22 year-old- Yan is trying hard to find his way in life: a job he likes, an ideal. In Saint-Nazaire, his home town, he vegetates, just like his father, an unambitious worker. His fiancée, Juliette, has middle class values and dreams of nothing but a comfortable married life. Dissatisfied, he moves to Paris where he becomes an assembly line worker at the Billancourt Renault car factory. Sick of the working conditions he and his fellow workers have to endure there, he soon turns into a leftist activist...
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Release History & Theatrical Window
São Paulo International Film Festival
Festival / Special Debut
May 19, 2005
Physical Home Media
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Marin Karmitz
- Screenplay & Story
- Marin Karmitz, Lia Wajntal, Jean-Paul Giquel
- Original Title
- Camarades
- Country of Origin
- France
- Spoken Languages
- French, Spanish
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Production Studios
- Les Films 13, mk2 Films
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Marin Karmitz
Marin Karmitz, Lia Wajntal, Jean-Paul Giquel
Pierre-William Glenn, Jean Gonnet
Department Leadership Roster
Marin Karmitz
Director
Marin Karmitz
Writer
Lia Wajntal
Writer
Jean-Paul Giquel
Writer
Pierre-William Glenn
Director of Photography
Jean Gonnet
Director of Photography
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What is Comrades about?
22 year-old- Yan is trying hard to find his way in life: a job he likes, an ideal. In Saint-Nazaire, his home town, he vegetates, just like his father, an unambitious worker. His fiancée, Juliette, has middle class values and dreams of nothing but a comfortable married life. Dissatisfied, he moves to Paris where he becomes an assembly line worker at the Billancourt Renault car factory. Sick of the working conditions he and his fellow workers have to endure there, he soon turns into a leftist activist...
Who directed Comrades?
Comrades was directed by Marin Karmitz.
Who stars in Comrades?
The principal cast of Comrades includes Jean-Paul Giquel, Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Jean-Pierre Melec, André Julien.
When was Comrades released and how long is it?
Comrades was released in 1970 with a total runtime of 1h 25m.