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Uranus (film)

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Uranus
Directed byClaude Berri
Arlette Langmann
Written byClaude Berri
Arlette Langmann
based on a novel by Marcel Aymé
StarringGérard Depardieu
Michel Blanc
Jean-Pierre Marielle
CinematographyRenato Berta
Edited byHervé de Luze
Music byJean-Claude Petit
Distributed byPrestige Films (US)
Release date
  • 12 December 1990 (1990-12-12)
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$19.1 million[1]

Uranus is a 1990 French comedy-drama film with Gérard Depardieu about post-World War II recovery in a small French village, as the controlling French Communist Party tries to dispose of Pétain loyalists.

It was directed and written by Claude Berri and Arlette Langmann, based on a novel by Marcel Aymé. The film was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

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Reception

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The film opened at number one at the Paris box office with a first week gross of 4.9 million Franc ($1 million) from 48 screens.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Uranus (1990)- JPBox-Office
  2. ^ "Berlinale: 1991 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  3. ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 24 December 1990. p. 27.
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