Showing posts with label Jean Carmet. Show all posts
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Thursday, 11 April 2019

1972, Film: "Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire"

The French comedy / crime film "Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire" was released on 6 December 1972 in France. The film was directed by Yves Robert and written by Francis Veber. Main stars are Pierre Richard as the pianist François Perrin, Jean Rochefort as Colonel Louis Toulouse, Bernard Blier as Colonel Bernard Milan and Mireille Darc as Christine. The music was composed by Vladimir Cosma. In 1974 a sequel, "Le Retour du Grand Blond", was released. An American remake with Tom Hanks, "The Man with One Red Shoe", was made in 1985.

Synopsis
Colonel Bernard Milan (Bernard Blier) is the second-in-command of France's Counter-Espionage department. He plans to discredit his chief Colonel Louis Toulouse (Jean Rochefort) so that he can replace him. Toulouse himself suspects Milan so he hatches a plot to deal with him making him believe he contacted a master spy who will expose Milan's treachery. However the master spy is a random person wearing one brown and one black shoe, François Perrin (Pierre Richard) at the airport...
Pierre Richard as François Perrin
Jean Rochefort as Colonel Louis Toulouse
Mireille Darc as Christine
Bernard Blier as Colonel Bernard Milan
Main cast
  • Pierre Richard as François Perrin
  • Bernard Blier as Colonel Bernard Milan
  • Jean Rochefort as Colonel Louis Toulouse
  • Mireille Darc as Christine
  • Tania Balachova as The mother of Louis Toulouse
  • Jean Carmet as Maurice Lefebvre
  • Colette Castel as Paulette Lefebvre
  • Paul Le Person as Perrache
  • Jean Obé as Botrel
  • Robert Castel as Georghiu
  • Jean Saudray as Poucet
  • Roger Caccia as Mr. Boudart
  • Arlette Balkis as Mrs. Boudart
  • Robert Dalban as The False Deliveryman
  • Jean Bouise as The Minister
Pierre Richard as François Perrin and Mireille Darc as Christine
Jean Rochefort as Colonel Louis Toulouse and Paul Le Person as Perrache
Jean Carmet as Maurice Lefebvre and Bernard Blier as Colonel Bernard Milan
Mireille Darc as Christine
Awards
  • Siver Bear for Yves Robert at the Berlin International Film Festival, Germany, 1973
  • Golden Screen, Germany, 1976
  • NBR Award Top Foreign Films at the National Board of Review, USA, 1973


"Le Grand Blond avec une chaussure noire" Trailer

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)