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The High Life

1951 1 hour 40 minutes
80/100

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Jojo is a seventeen-year-old factory worker living poorly in Aubervilliers with his grandmother. Dissatisfied with his lackluster everyday life, Jojo dreams of the high life. He starts mixing with shady individuals such as thieves and traffickers. At a time, he even contemplates murdering a rich butcher. Fortunately, his protector Monsieur Charles, a warm-hearted gangster, will stop him from carrying out this crazy plan, thus wasting his young life.

Released

26th October 1951

74 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 40 minutes

Finishes at 3:33pm

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Directed by

Henri Schneider

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