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La Course à l'échalote is a 1975 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi.
| La Course à l'échalote | |
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| Directed by | Claude Zidi |
| Screenplay by | Claude Zidi Michel Fabre Jean-Luc Voulfow |
| Starring | Pierre Richard Jane Birkin Michel Aumont |
| Cinematography | Henri Decaë |
| Music by | Vladimir Cosma |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Plot
editYoung and dynamic, founded with power from the "20th Century Bank", Pierre Vidal regularly spies with his binoculars his partner Janet, who works in a hairdressing salon. Fed up with being constantly watched, she takes advantage to excite his jealousy. His boss has taken a few days of vacation, and Pierre is in charge to replace him. More nervous than ever of this enormous responsibility, he will soon have to take to the coffer halls a certain Monsieur de Rovère, who came to bring the transfer of shares act of the Alcazar, the famous Parisian cabaret. But the famous briefcase containing the documents is stolen on their sight.
Cast
edit- Pierre Richard ... Pierre Vidal
- Jane Birkin ... Janet
- Michel Aumont ... Commissaire Brunet
- Marc Dolnitz ... Marc
- Amadeus August ... Gunther
- Henri Déus ... Mike
- Luis Rego ... Frantz
- Catherine Allégret ... Nicole
- André Bézu ... André
- Jean Martin ... bank director
- Claude Dauphin ... Bertrand de Rovère
- Philippe Dehesdin ... Philippe
- Paul Cambo ... CEO of the bank
- Jean Bouchaud ... Brunet's assistant
Additional information
edit- The film took place in Cherbourg-Octeville, Manche, and in Brighton, England.
- Claude Zidi, Pierre Richard and Jane Birkin had also starred together in Lucky Pierre, released one year before.
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