Charly, a young man in his thirties, is illiterate. He hides this handicap by combining humor and a sense of trickery. Charly found his mode of expression: music, for which and by which he lives while searching in the metro with his friends. It is there that he will meet Marie, seduced by this marginal sax player. Marie, despite the tricks deployed by Charly, will quickly realize that he is illiterate. But love has already given Charly the desire to learn to read...
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See allJacques Penot
Charly
Florence Strauss
Director
Simon Michaël
Writer
Florence Strauss
Writer
Claudine Zidi
Writer
Christian Grusq
Producer
Jean-Jacques Avrane
Producer
Claude Saunier
Director of Photography
Nicole Saunier
Editor
Christine Guégan
Costume Design
Pierre Peron
Production Design
Isabelle Agostini
Production Design
David Leclerc
Production Design
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