Thursday We Shall Sing Like Sunday (1967)
A bitter-sweet story of a young sales assistant and a truck driver trapped between their dreams and the economic depression.
Top billed cast
Marie-France BoyerNicole
Bernard FressonJean
Étienne BierryDevos
Francis LaxMarc
Françoise VatelFrancine- Hervé JollyPierre
Raymond AvenièreRaoul- Simonne DurieuLa mère de Jean
- Jean DaulnoyeMarcel
- Roger FrancelAbbé Forthomme
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