THE SANDWICH YEARS

A film by Pierre Boutron

Cast : Thomas Langmann, Patrick Chesnais

1988 / comedy / original title : LES ANNEES SANDWICHES / 100’ / Color / status : completed / long feature-film / French catalog

Paris 1947. Victor and Felix are eleven years old. Victor comes from the countryside where he has been staying since his parents got arrested. Lost in the Metro he runs into Felix, a young man very much at ease with himself. Felix helps Victor find his way to his old apartment building. When he finds it empty, he takes on a job with Max, a second-hand salesman with a heart of gold. Victor and Felix are about to walk through life in postwar Paris and learn a few life lessons on their way.