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Wasteland
FRANCE · 1960

Wasteland

Marcel Carné
urban decay youth subculture social marginalization coming of age working-class struggle
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Synopsis

On the outskirts of Parisian council housing estates lies a vast wasteland that still retains its mysteries in this day and age, and serves as a refuge for people who, in their spare time, escape or are often ejected from their overcrowded dwellings. They form small, rather harmless bands, share their first secrets, build up their "treasures" and submit to strict rituals. The sanctity of their reb

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