The High Life

The High Life

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 26, 1951

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

La Grande Vie

Production Companies

Éclair-Journal

Director

Henri Schneider

Description

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.