Third appointment for the Palace ciné-club with a choice and introduction by filmdirector Fabrice Du Welz:
“They were five”, Julien Duvivier, 1936, cast: Jean Gabin, Viviane Romance, Charles Vanel, 101′, VO FR ST EN
Five unemployed penniless workers pool their money to buy a national lottery ticket. When they win instead of splitting the the 100,000 Franc jackpot, they collectively buy a run-down inn and remodel it into an open-air cafe. But difficulties begin to split the friends apart: a former wife, the police tracking one of them (Spanish republican refugee), and jealousy..