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Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents

1993Directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann

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About Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents

  • Comedy

Synopsis

This bright domestic drama captures a moment in time when, for a large number of idealistic and grateful French men and women, the promise of Russian communism was bright, and everything Russian was a source of joy and amazement. In the story, Irene was rescued from Auschwitz by soldiers from the U.S.S.R., and since that time she has enthusiatically considered Russia to be the source of hope in the world. Her more pragmatic husband has, by 1958, grown somewhat weary of her enthusiasm, which has led her to decorate their apartment with anything Russian she can get her hands on. Matters come to a head when she is befriended by three members of the Red Army Choir during their tour of Paris.

Director
  • Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Writers
  • Nicolas Boukhrief
  • Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
Original title
Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes

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