Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday

A bitter-sweet story of a young sales assistant and a truck driver trapped between their dreams and the economic depression.

Cast

Marie-France Boyer

as Nicole

Bernard Fresson

as Jean

Étienne Bierry

as Marc

Francis Lax

as Marc

Françoise Vatel

as Francine

Hervé Jolly

as Pierre

Raymond Avenière

as Raoul

Simonne Durieu

as La mère de Jean

Jean Daulnoye

as Marcel

Roger Francel

as Abbé Forthomme

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