The Year 01

The Year 01

1973 · 90 min · ★ 6.5 · Comedy, Action

The film narrates a utopian abandonment, consensual and festive of the market economy and high productivity. The population decides on a number of resolutions beginning with "We stop everything" and the second "After a total downtime will be revived-reluctantly-that the services and products including lack will prove intolerable. Probably: water to drink, electricity for reading at night, the TSF to say "This is not the end of the world, this is an 01, and now a page of Celestial Mechanics". The implementation of these resolutions is the first day of a new era, Year 01. The Year 01 is emblematic of the challenge of the 1970s and covers such diverse topics as ecology, negation of authority, free love, communal living, rejection of private property and labor.

Directed by Jacques Doillon · Written by Gébé

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Josiane Balasko A televiewer / The cyclist
Christian Clavier A debate viewer
Coluche The office manager
Gérard Depardieu A traveler who does not take the train
Gébé The jewelry lover
Gérard Jugnot A debate viewer
Thierry Lhermitte A debate viewer
Miou-Miou The woman who wakes up at 6 o'clock
Cabu A conspirator
Romain Bouteille The banknote collector
Michel Fano
Professeur Choron A conspirator

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