The Year 01 () is a French comedy film, directed by
Jacques Doillon
Jacques Doillon (; born 15 March 1944) is a French film director and screenwriter. Some actresses to break through are Fanny Bastien, Sandrine Bonnaire, Judith Godrèche, Marianne Denicourt, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Juliette Binoche.
Earl ...
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Alain Resnais and
Jean Rouch
Jean Rouch (; 31 May 1917 – 18 February 2004) was a French Filmmaking, filmmaker and anthropologist.
He is considered one of the founders of cinéma vérité in France. Rouch's practice as a filmmaker, for over 60 years in Africa, was char ...
released in 1973. It is based on the eponymous comic strip by
Gébé and has gained
cult film
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status.
Synopsis
The film narrates a utopian abandonment, consensual and festive of the market economy and high productivity. The population decides on a number of resolutions, beginning with "Let's stop everything," and the second "After a period of total stoppage, let's bring back — reluctantly — just the services and products we can't do without. Probably : water to drink, electricity for reading at night, the radio to say 'This is not the end of the world, this is Year 1, and now a page of Celestial Mechanics." The implementation of these resolutions is the first day of a new era, Year 1. ''L'An 01'' is emblematic of the challenge of the 1970s and covers such diverse topics as ecology, negation of authority, free love, communal living, rejection of private property and labor.
Cast
More than 300 people. Notable people include
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Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil (; born 24 January 1950) is a French actor and director who has appeared in a wide range of film genres, including period dramas, romantic comedies, and crime thrillers. In 1996 he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Fest ...
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Josiane Balasko
Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice.
Career
One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is ...
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François Béranger
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Isabelle de Botton
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Madeleine Bouchez
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Romain Bouteille
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Cabu
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Jacques Canselier
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François Cavanna
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Professeur Choron
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Christian Clavier
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Coluche
Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (, ; 28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche (), was a French stage comedian, cinema actor, activist and philanthropist. He adopted ''Coluche'' as a stage name at age 26, when he ...
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Christine Dejoux
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Albert Delpy
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Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor. An icon of French cinema, considered a world star in the same way as Alain Delon or Brigitte Bardot, he has completed over 250 films since 1967, most of which as ...
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Delfeil de Ton
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Charlotte Dubreuil
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Jean-Paul Farré
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Lee Falk
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Marcel Gassouk
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Marcel Gotlib
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Henri Guybet
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Jacques Higelin
Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin (; 18 October 1940 – 6 April 2018) was a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s.
Early life
Higelin was born on 18 October 1940. His father, Paul, a railway worker and musician of Alsatian de ...
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Gérard Jugnot
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Nelly Kaplan
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Daniel Laloux
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Martin Lamotte
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Patrice Leconte
Patrice Leconte (; born 12 November 1947) is a French film director, screenwriter and comic strip writer.
Life and career
Leconte grew up in Tours, and began making little amateur films at 15. He went to Paris in 1967 and studied at Institut des ...
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Stan Lee
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Thierry Lhermitte
Thierry Lhermitte (; born 24 November 1952) is a French actor, director, writer and producer, best known for his comedic roles. He was a founder of the comedy troupe ''Le Splendid'' in the 1970s, along with, among others, Christian Clavier, Géra ...
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René Marjac
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Miou-Miou
Sylvette Herry (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Miou-Miou (), is a French actress. A ten-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film ''Memoirs of a French Whore''. Her other films inclu ...
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Patrice Minet
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David Pascal
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Marie Pillet
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Daniel Prévost
Daniel Prévost (; born 20 October 1939) is a French actor, comedian and writer.
Early life
Daniel Prévost, alias Denis Forestier, was born to Micheline Chevalier and Mohand Ait Salem. His father was of Berber descent from Algeria (Kabylie ...
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Maud Rayer
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Jacques Robiolles
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Alain Scoff
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Susan Shapiro
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Philippe Starck
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Jean-Paul Tribout
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Frederic Tuten
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Georges Wolinski
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Guillaume Weill-Raynal
References
External links
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The film ''L'An 01'' is available(duration de 1:24:15 on the website ''peertube.gegeweb.eu'')
1973 films
French satirical films
1970s French-language films
French comedy films
1973 comedy films
French political satire films
Films based on French comics
Films directed by Jacques Doillon
Films directed by Alain Resnais
Films directed by Jean Rouch
Films about criticism and refusal of work
1970s French films
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