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Chicken Feed for Little Birds

Chicken Feed for Little Birds

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 15, 1963

Runtime

1h 49m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

60%

Original Title

Du mouron pour les petits oiseaux

Production Companies

Champs-Élysées Productions, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique, Les Films Borderie, Variety Film Production

Director

Marcel Carné

Description

In a building close to the Place de la Contrescarpe in Paris, a tale of criss‑crossings in turn romantic, gourmet, interested or mystical, between an Italian gigolo and a nightclub hostess, a family of butchers and an apprentice rocker, a mystic tailor, a writer sending himself telegrams, an alert paralytic woman, a thoughtful concierge, a bird breeder and a just‑out‑of‑jail hooligan. Little by little each one discovers each other’s more or less troubled history… when a mysterious death introduces the Police within this huis clos, hastens disclosure of well‑kept secrets and ruffle this little World.