Boulevard

Boulevard — Plot

Boulevard focuses on Georges 'Jojo' Castagnier, an adolescent who lives in a poor room under the roof of a block of apartments in the Pigalle section of Paris. He ran away from home when he realized that his step-mother hated him from day-one. Among Jojo's many neighbors is the gorgeous Jenny Dorr , a nightclub dancer, whose lover he dreams of being. But, to Jojo's disappointment, Jenny becomes the lover of Dicky, a former boxer, who spends his time loafing about the Pigalle cafés. Jojo lacks for steady work, but manages to meet his financial obligations with a series of odd jobs. He tries selling magazines, which is a success for a while, though posing as Narcissus for two gay artists proves to be something of a disaster. Eventually, he woos Marietta, one of his other neighbors and a girl more suited to his age. But when things go really awry, Jojo becomes desperate and tries to commit suicide by jumping off the roof of his building

• Release date
• November 30, 1960
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Julien Duvivier

Boulevard — Cast

Jean-Pierre Léaud Georges Castagnier, dit "Jojo"

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Monique Brienne Mariette Benazzi Pierre Mondy Dicky, l'ancien boxeur Magali Noël Jenny Dorr, l'artiste chorégraphie Georges Adet Monsieur Arthur Jacques Duby Giuseppe Amato, un peintre Jean-Marie Amato le clochard qui ramasse les pièces Mag-Avril la vieille Joséphine