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Chicken Feed for Little Birds
FRANCE · 1963

Chicken Feed for Little Birds

Marcel Carné
Parisian urban life Social class intersections Romantic entanglements Criminal underworld Bohemian culture
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Synopsis

In a building close to the Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris, a tale of criss‑crossings in turn romantic, gourmet, interested or mystical, between an Italian gigolo and a nightclub hostess, a family of butchers and an apprentice rocker, a mystic tailor, a writer sending himself telegrams, an alert paralytic woman, a thoughtful concierge, a bird breeder and a just‑out‑of‑jail hooligan. Little by l

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