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Sunday, 20 May 2018

1972, Film: "Les Malheurs d'Alfred"

The French comedy "Les Malheurs d'Alfred" ("The Troubles of Alfred") premieres on 8 March 1972 in France. The film was directed and co-written by the major star Pierre Richard. Other stars are Anny Duperey, Pierre Mondy and Jean Carmet.

Synopsis
Alfred Dhumonttyé (Pierre Richard), a young architect, has been unlucky since his childhood. Everything he undertakes is doomed to fail. After another fiasco, one evening Alfred decides to commit suicide by throwing himself into the water in a canal in Paris. By an extraordinary coincidence, the same day at the same time and place, Agathe Bodard (Anny Duperey), a depressive television presenter, had the same idea...
Anny Duperey as Agathe Bodard and Pierre Mondy as François Morel
Danielle Minazzoli as Pauline and Pierre Richard as Alfred Dhumonttyé
Pierre Mondy as François Morel, Pierre Richard as Alfred Dhumonttyé and
Anny Duperey as Agathe Bodard
Main cast
  • Pierre Richard as Alfred Dhumonttyé
  • Anny Duperey as Agathe Bodard
  • Jean Carmet as Paul
  • Paul Préboist as the peasant
  • Paul Le Person as the policeman
  • Mario David as Kid Barrantin
  • Francis Lax as Boggy
  • Yves Robert as the Parisian TV viewer
  • Robert Dalban as Gustave
  • Marco Perrin as Orlandi
  • Pierre Mondy as François Morel
  • Evelyne Buyle as Lucrèce
  • Danielle Minazzoli as Pauline
Pierre Richard as Alfred Dhumonttyé and Anny Duperey as Agathe Bodard

"Les Malheurs d'Alfred" French Trailer (1972)

Sunday, 30 June 2013

1974, Film: 'Stavisky'

The French-Italian coproduction 'Stavisky' is released in France on 15 May 1974. The film is based on the life of the financier and embezzler Serge Alexandre Stavisky and the circumstances leading to his mysterious death in 1934. This led to a political scandal in France known as the Stavisky Affair. It resulted with the resignation of two prime ministers and a change of government.

The film is directed by Alain Resnais and stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as Stavisky and Anny Duperey as his beautiful wife Arlette. The musical score is written by Stephen Sondheim.

Synopsis
With his irresistible charm and talent Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky (Jean-Paul Belmondo), small-time swindler, makes friends with influential members of the French industrial and political elite during the early 1930s. But when his great scam involving hundreds millions of francs gets exposed it results in an unprecedented scandal...
Jean-Paul Belmondo as Stavisky

Main Cast
  • Jean-Paul Belmondo as Serge Alexandre Stavisky
  • François Périer as Albert Borelli
  • Anny Duperey as Arlette
  • Michel Lonsdale as Dr Mézy
  • Claude Rich as Inspecteur Bonny
  • Charles Boyer as Baron Raoul
Right: Anny Duperey as Arlette
Awards
  • Cannes Film Festival: Best Actor award for Charles Boyer (1974)
  • National Board of Review, USA: NBR Award Top Foreign Films (1975)
  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards: NYFCC Award Best Supporting Actor for Charles Boyer (1974)
Charles Boyer as Baron Raoul and Jean-Paul Belmondo as Stavisky

Trailer