The Ragpickers of Emmaus
- IMDb link: 0155614
- IMDb rating: 6 (73 votes) Search
- Genres: Comedy, Drama
- Director: Robert Darene
- Cast: Edwige Bart, Dany Carrel, Solange Certain, Marie d'Hyvert and others
- Release date: 23 Feb 1955
- Release year: 1955
- Runtime: 100 minutes
- Country: France
- Keywords: based on novel
Plot
Storyline
At the end of the 1940s, Abbe Pierre decided to build an inn for the homeless. During the construction of the Emmaus hostel, he got to know many individuals in need that he was going to take under his wing.
The community of Emmaus opens up and functions thanks to the generous impetus of Father Pierre Groues, it brings together a sample of the underprivileged: jobless truckers, former paratroopers, young people out of penitentiaries, etc. and poor families. A current of great fraternity is established, sometimes cut off from fights and the "ragpickers" manage to make a little money by practicing the art of "china", while the abbot tries to win over. radio games. The accident and the death of one of them will unite the companions of Emmaus even better.
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