The Party

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The Party

1980

1h 50m

6.6(1159 votes)

Drama

Romance

Comedy

Overview

A thirteen-year-old French girl deals with moving to a new city and school in Paris, while at the same time her parents are getting a divorce.

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Cast & Crew

53 members

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Claude Brasseur

François Beretton

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Brigitte Fossey

Françoise Beretton

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Sophie Marceau

Victoire Beretton, aka 'Vic'

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Denise Grey

Poupette, Vic's great grandmother

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Jean-Michel Dupuis

Etienne, François' dentist friend

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Alexandre Sterling

Mathieu

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Sheila O'Connor

Pénélope Fontanet

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Alexandra Gonin

Samantha Fontanet

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Frédéric de Pasquale

Antoine

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Laurent N'Diaye

Arnaud

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Diane Bellego

Éliane

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Michel Lasorne

David

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Gérard Lemaire

Max

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Dominique Lavanant

Vanessa, François' ex-mistress

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Bernard Giraudeau

Éric Lehman, Vic's German teacher

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Alain Beigel

Raoul

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Frédérique Pressmann

Géraldine

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Jean-Philippe Léonard

Stéphane

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Christopher Beaunay

Jean-Pierre

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Laurence Gigon

Caroline

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Laetitia Gabrielli

Joëlle

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Olivier Gins

Marc

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Nathalie Riqué

Lydia

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Richard Bohringer

Guibert, trucker who helps with the move

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Jean-Pierre Castaldi

Brassac, English teacher

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Jacques Ardouin

Raoul's father

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Bernard Born

Bouncer from La Main Jaune

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Jean-Claude Bouillaud

Father at the party

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Micheline Bourday

Journalist at VSD

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Florence Brunold

Pregnant woman, client at the François dispensary

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Robert Dalban

Serge, server of La Coupole

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Jacqueline Duc

Woman on the bus whom Poupette calls out

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Robert Le Béal

Doctor Colbert

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Annie Savarin

Mrs. Leblanc

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Arielle Sémenoff

Raoul's mother-in-law

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Janine Souchon

Traffic warden

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Léon Zitrone

Self

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Nicole Dehayes

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Sylvain Lévignac

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Marie-Laurence

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Marianne Berg

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Anne Gautier

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Pascal Huet

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Pierre La Cognata

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Christian Namour

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Virginie Nègre

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Gérard Sandoz

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Pierre Jean

Father at the party (uncredited)

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Sound

Vladimir Cosma

Composer in studio (uncredited)

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Jacques-Olivier Holzer

Student (uncredited)

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Sylvain Maupu

Skater at La Main Jaune (uncredited)

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Laurence Morve

Gilberte Colbert (uncredited)

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Caroline Thompson

Girl getting off the train (uncredited)

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