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Happy New Year is a french film of genre Drama directed by Claude Lelouch released in USA on 12 december 1973 with Lino Ventura

Happy New Year (1973)

Happy New Year
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Released in USA 12 december 1973
Length 1h55
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Crime,    Romance
Rating72% 3.6427853.6427853.6427853.6427853.642785

La bonne année (also known in the U.S. as Happy New Year) is a 1973 film directed by Claude Lelouch.

Synopsis

A gangster (Lino Ventura) with his accomplice (Charles Gérard), prepares to take part in the "first psychological hold-up in the history of crime". Next door to the jewellers of Van Cleef & Arpels, on the Croisette, in Cannes, they find the shop of a beautiful antiques dealer (Françoise Fabian) who befriends the group.

Actors

Lino Ventura

(Simon)Françoise Fabian

(Françoise)Charles Gérard

(Charlot)André Falcon

(Jeweler)Claude Mann

(Intellectual)
And :
Lilo
Frédéric de Pasquale
Silvano Tranquilli
Georges Staquet
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