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Quatre Garçons pleins d'avenir

Quatre Garçons pleins d'avenir

19976.21h 30m

Overview

The premise of four young men out to celebrate the end of their school exams has great promise as comedy material, a promise that is far from realized in this banal, unevenly paced, run-of-the-mill attempt at a supposedly funny story.

Directed by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Written by Jean-Patrick Benes, Laurent Molinaro, Jean-Paul Lilienfeld
Produced by Louis Becker, Thierry Lhermitte
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Top Cast

Olivier Brocheriou

Olivier Brocheriou

Arnaud

Stéphan Guérin-Tillié

Stéphan Guérin-Tillié

Axel

Olivier Sitruk

Olivier Sitruk

Johan

Éric Berger

Éric Berger

Bretling

Thierry Lhermitte

Thierry Lhermitte

Le flic

Patrick Sébastien

Patrick Sébastien

Georges

Roland Giraud

Roland Giraud

Duprez

Melisandre Meertens

Melisandre Meertens

Hergie

Caroline Filipek

Caroline Filipek

Marie-Odile

G

Gérard Lacombe

le doyen

About Quatre Garçons pleins d'avenir

Quatre Garçons pleins d'avenir is a comedy film released in 1997. Directed by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld, it stars Olivier Brocheriou, Stéphan Guérin-Tillié, Olivier Sitruk. The premise of four young men out to celebrate the end of their school exams has great promise as comedy material, a promise that is far from realized in this banal, unevenly paced, run-of-the-mill attempt at a supposedly funny story.

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