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Paria(2000)
Status: Released
Date: 2000-09-01
52%
5 Votes
Time: 2h 5m
Overview:
First part of a "trilogy of modern times" (the second one is La Blessure, and third - La question humaine). Paria follows the path of two characters, Momo and Victor. Momo –remarkably played by Gérald Thomassin– lives in the streets, while Victor, on the edge of poverty, loses his apartment when he loses his job. Their destinies will come across during the night of the “millennium” which will be celebrated in a social pick-up bus.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Nosy Bé Productions
Movie: Paria
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Overview
First part of a "trilogy of modern times" (the second one is La Blessure, and third - La question humaine). Paria follows the path of two characters, Momo and Victor. Momo –remarkably played by Gérald Thomassin– lives in the streets, while Victor, on the edge of poverty, loses his apartment when he loses his job. Their destinies will come across during the night of the “millennium” which will be celebrated in a social pick-up bus.
Release Date
2000-09-01
Average
5.2
Rating:
2.6 startsTagline
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Languages:
Français
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