La belle équipe

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Cinq chômeurs gagnent 100 000 francs au loto. Au lieu de partager l'argent, ils achètent une ruine et construisent un café en plein air. Mais des difficultés viennent séparer le groupe d'ami... Tout lireCinq chômeurs gagnent 100 000 francs au loto. Au lieu de partager l'argent, ils achètent une ruine et construisent un café en plein air. Mais des difficultés viennent séparer le groupe d'amis.Cinq chômeurs gagnent 100 000 francs au loto. Au lieu de partager l'argent, ils achètent une ruine et construisent un café en plein air. Mais des difficultés viennent séparer le groupe d'amis.

Réalisation
- Julien Duvivier
Scénario
- Julien Duvivier
- Charles Spaak
Casting principal

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Réalisation
- Julien Duvivier
Scénario
- Julien Duvivier
- Charles Spaak
Casting principal

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A pillar of 1930's French Cinema

I am adding to this commentary in June 2016 to point out to any fans of this film that, almost unbelievably after waiting such a long time, it is now actually available in France (since June 1st) on Blu-ray and DVD. This is an issue by Pathé, together with certain others of Duvivier's films and notably the (in)famous "Voici Le Temps Des Assassins". The set comprises a Blu-ray (Zones A B C) plus a DVD (Zone 2 - Europe Only), the film has been remastered and is with French Language Audio AND a choice of French or English Subtitles). This should bring a lot of pleasure to a lot of people who have been awaiting this reissue for many years : shot in 1936 on the Banks of The Marne river some 5 miles from Paris, La Belle Equipe constituted a milestone in French Cinema. Coinciding with the advent of the " Front Populaire ", the film is today remembered for the scenes in the guinguette and the beautiful valse musette " Quand on s'promène au bord de l'eau " sung by actor Jean Gabin and accompanied by roving accordionist Albert Deprince. The film is about a group of factory workers who win the lottery and club together to construct a guingette ( dance hall ) on the banks of the Marne between Nogent and Joinville. All starts well but quarrels develop and women get in the way ! There are in fact two endings, a happy one reluctantly made by director Duvivier to please the public,and a pessimistic one which was the director's own personal choice. For some strange reason the pessimistic ending is always subtitled in German !!! The new issue of the film includes both the pessimistic and the optimistic endings.You may visit today by riverboat the area where the film was shot and until a few years ago could see the actual remains of the "guinguette" built specially for the film !!

Anecdotes
This film is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in Motion Picture Herald 4 April 1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-1946. Because of poor documentation (feature films were often not identified by title in conventional sources) no record has yet been found of its initial television broadcast.

Gaffes
When the guys are on the roof during the storm, the wires that are making the shingles fly are visible.

Versions alternatives
The original ending is bleak and violent. After the movie did poorly in theaters, a new, happier ending was shot. This lighter version is the one that has been seen for decades. The Swiss Cinematheque has a print of the darker version, which has now been shown at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The 2015 restoration also uses the darker version.