The Gates of Paris (1957)

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Country: France, Italy
Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance
Release: 1958-01-14
Director: René Clair
Writers: René Clair , René Fallet , Jean Aurel
Language: French
Stars: Pierre Brasseur (1905–1972) , Georges Brassens , Henri Vidal , Dany Carrel , Raymond Bussières , Gabrielle Fontan , Amédée , Annette Poivre , Alain Bouvette , Alice Tissot
Runtime: 106 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total
AKA: Puerta de lilas (Argentina) , Orgonás negyed (Hungary) , La porta de les liles (Spain) , Puerta de las lilas (Spain) , Ulica snova (Croatia) , Lale sokağı (Turkey) , Porte de Lilas (Poland) , Por Ternura Também Se Mata (Brazil) , Porte des Lilas (France, French Republic) , The Gates of Paris (United States of America) , Porte des Lilas , Porte des Lilas (Greece) , Haaveiden kuja (Finland) , Gate of Lilacs , I en udkant af Paris (Denmark) , Quartiere dei lillà (Italy) , Porte des Lilas (Romania) , Brama bzów (Poland) , I en utkant av Paris (Norway) , Die Mausefalle , リラの門 (Japan) , A Porta dos Lilases (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Oi mages ton Parision (Greece) , Drömmarnas gränd (Sweden) , На окраине Парижа , Ulica jorgovana , Alyvų vartai (Lithuania)
Plot: Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend, an artist, are forced at gunpoint to care for a fugitive, Peirre Barbier, in Juju's broken-down home. The urge for being needed is such in Juju that he gives up drinking and takes care of Pierre, even after he learns that Pierre has been making love to Maria, the girl Juju loves. Plans are made for Pierre's escape, and Maria is to join him over her father's protests. Marua steals money from her father and begs Juju to take it to Pierre. When Juju finds that Pierre plans to double-cross Maria, he kills him. Juju takes the money to his artist-friend, he tells him to return it to Maria, as coming from Pierre, so she won't think she has been betrayed. Juju returns to drinking and being a drunk.
IMDB:tt0050850