Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes (1993)

Irène, a strong french believer of communist utopia, is the happiest one when the Red Army Chorus announce they are coming to the Parisian stage.

Director:

Jean-Jacques Zilbermann

Writers:

Nicolas Boukhrief, Jean-Jacques Zilbermann

Stars:

Josiane Balasko, Maurice Bénichou, Catherine Hiegel

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Josiane Balasko	...	Irène
Maurice Bénichou	...	Bernard
Catherine Hiegel	...	Régine
Jean-François Dérec	...	Oncle Charlot
Viktor Neznanov	...	Ivan (as Victor Nieznanov)
Aleksandr Piskaryov	...	Boris (as Alexandre Piskariov)
Aleksey Maslov	...	Sacha (as Alexis Maslov)
Jérémy Davis	...	Petit Léon
Christine Dejoux	...	Jeannette
Jacques Herlin	...	Choumerski
André Oumansky	...	Cousin Isaac
Patrick Burgel	...	Le concurrent
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Aknin	...	Le marchand
Raymonde Aknin	...	Le marchand
Rosalie Becker	...	La cantatrice

Storyline

Irène, a strong french believer of communist utopia, is the happiest one when the Red Army Chorus announce they are coming to the Parisian stage.

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Plot Keywords:

satire | musician | red army choir | concert | uncle nephew relationship | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

1 December 1993 (France)

Also Known As:

No todo el mundo puede presumir de haber tenido unos padres comunistas

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bac Films, Canal+, La Générale d'Images

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

red army choirs, political engagement and everyday's life

Irène is communist. Her candid faith in a bright future is cute, but not always resting for her family. She meets three red army choirs members in Paris, and kind of fall in love with them (in a pure way).

There is no reason to tell more about the story line, it anyways is not the most interesting. The great success of this movie is to show a naive and sincere soldier of the 50's communist utopia, and to make feel a little of her engagement. This is not a great movie, it's a "nice little movie", something you're happy to watch, that makes you think a little, that makes you understand things and that lets you go with a few poetic scenes in mind, like a concert where the three russians wear the shoes that Irène have stolen for them in her husband's shoe shop. 8/10 for me.