Clara et les Chics Types

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Clara et les Chics Types
Directed byJacques Monnet
Written by Jean-Loup Dabadie
Produced by Alain Poiré
Starring Daniel Auteuil
Josiane Balasko
Christophe Bourseiller
Christian Clavier
Thierry Lhermitte
Isabelle Adjani
CinematographyYves Lafaye
Edited byPierre Gillette
Music by Michel Jonasz
Release date
  • 14 January 1981 (1981-01-14)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$3 million [1]

Clara et les Chics Types is a 1981 French comedy drama directed by Jacques Monnet.

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Plot

In Grenoble, Mickey, Bertrand, Frederick, Charles, Louise and Aimee, united by a common love of music, form a group, the Why Notes. One day, Bertrand remarked Clara, when she fled to the church which is celebrated her marriage to a wealthy entrepreneur. A few hours later, as the band prepares to go on stage in Paris, Bertrand finds Clara who offers to fly with her and disappears ... Bertrand, completely captivated by Clara leaves the group and goes looking for her.

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References

  1. "Clara et les Chics Types (1981)". JP Box Office . 1981-01-14. Retrieved 15 July 2014.