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72% Critic Match
Happy New Year
7.2 / 10• 1973• 1h 55m•NR• French
ComedyCrimeDramaRomance
Storyline
Released from prison under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewelry store in out-of-season Cannes, but also by a very special someone he met there.
Cast & Crew
Lino Ventura
Simon
Lead
Françoise Fabian
Françoise
Charles Gérard
Charlot
André Falcon
Jeweler
Mireille Mathieu
Self
Lilo
Madame Félix
Claude Mann
Intellectual
Frédéric de Pasquale
Parisian Lover
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Claude Lelouch's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Happy New Year is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
