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La Belle Équipe

La Belle Équipe

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1936
1h 41m
7.5(78 votes)
Drama

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Five unemployed workers win 100,000 Francs in the national lottery. Instead of sharing the money, they buy a ruin and build an open-air cafe. But difficulties come to split their friendly group apart.

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