The Friends
1971, French. Directed by Gérard Blain.
Philippe is an older man and an industrialist whose wife is confined to her bed. They have no children. As he is preparing to go on a vacation to the seaside, he strikes up an acquaintance with Paul, a young working-class boy, and decides to bring him along. This is Paul's first glimpse of how the other half lives, with their first-class hotels and so on. When he meets some aristocratic young people at the resort, he tries to put over the fiction that he is of their class, with poor success.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Gérard BlainDirector
- Philippe MarchPhilippe
- Jean FavrePaul
- Jean-Claude DauphinNicolas
- Nathalie FontaineMarie-Laure
- Dany RousselPaul's Mother
- Claude LarcherBéatrice
- Hélène ZanicolliMonique
- Christian ChevreuseRiding School Teacher
- Martin PierlotJean-Marc
- Liliane ValaisMarie-Laure's Mother
- Vincent GauthierOlivier
- Sylvie DelanoëCast
Details
- Released
- 7 September 1971
- Original title
- Les Amis
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Gérard Blain, André Debaecque
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The Friends runs 88 minutes (1h 28m).
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Which OTT platform is The Friends on?
The Friends isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 September 1971. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Friends?
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Who directed The Friends?
The Friends (1971) was directed by Gérard Blain and stars Philippe March, Jean Favre, Jean-Claude Dauphin.