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THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO

LES NEIGES DU KILIMANDJARO

Directed by Robert Guédiguian, 2011, France, Drama/Romance, in French with English Subtitles, Not rated, 107m

Starring Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Anais Demoustier, Julie-Marie Parmentier
Based on
the poem

Les Pauvres Gens from

La Légende des Siècles by Victor Hugo, Lévy et Hetzel, 1859, France.

How Good are the Poor from

The Legend of the Ages, published in the United States by Oxford University Press, 2004.

Despite losing his job, Michel lives happily with his wife Marie-Claire and their loving family and friends in Marseille. His happiness is shattered when he and his wife are robbed at gunpoint of their life savings by two mask-wearing thieves. The shock is even more devastating when they discover who the perpetuators are….



“[A] richly textured and hearty yet fable-like view of domestic intimacy and social conflict” –New Yorker













 
















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