

We Did It on a Song
2014-10-22 · 82 min · ★ 5.8
This film tells the stormy tale of a group of friends from Boulogne-sur-Mer, a French town hit by the financial crisis. A year between dreams and disillusion, imagined by teenagers from a working or middle class background, with songs that regularly add poetry, laughter, and emotion to reality.
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- David André
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- Brotherfilms
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- France
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- Released
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