Happy New Year

Released from prison under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewelry store in out-of-season Cannes, but also by a very special someone he met there.

Cast

Lino Ventura

as Simon

Françoise Fabian

as Françoise

Charles Gérard

as Charlot

André Falcon

as Jeweler

Mireille Mathieu

as Self

Lilo

as Madame Félix

Claude Mann

as Intellectual

Frédéric de Pasquale

as Parisian Lover

Gérard Sire

as Prison Warden

Silvano Tranquilli

as Italian Lover

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