Film Synopsis
Gérard is a tennis player of no mean talent - he has just beaten
the top seeded Frenchman - but his real passion in life is
cinema. With a group of like-minded film fanatics, he sets out to
make a cinéma vérité film, armed with his hidden
microphone, a camera mounted on his shoulder, and miles of film.
A school for strip-tease artistes, German tourists, a prostitute, a
legionnaire... these are just a few of the subjects that the budding
filmmaker includes in his masterpiece. When his film proves to be
a great success, Gérard instantly becomes famous. With his
girlfriend, he sets out for Hollywood where a great role awaits him,
that of Voltaire...
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Film Credits
- Director: Jacques Baratier
- Script: Jacques Baratier, Guy Bedos, Eric Ollivier
- Cinematographer: Henri Decaë
- Music: Ward Swingle
- Cast: Jean Babilée (Oscar),
Guy Bedos (Gerard),
Jean-Paul Belmondo (Raymond),
Francis Blanche (Franz),
Jean-Marc Bory (Reporter),
Claude Brasseur (Plumber),
Françoise Brion (Striptease Girl),
Sophie Daumier (Jackie),
Sophie Desmarets (The Pianist),
Anne Doat (Journalist),
Jacques Dufilho (Monsieur Alfonso),
Anna Karina (Ginette),
Valérie Lagrange (Striptease Girl),
Daniel Laloux (Gaby),
Jean-Pierre Marielle (Rakanowski),
Andréa Parisy (Striptease Girl),
François Périer (Legrand),
Rita Renoir (Ethnologist),
Jean Richard (Lepetit),
Pascale Roberts (Striptease Girl)
- Country: Italy / France
- Language: French
- Support: Black and White
- Runtime: 93 min
- Aka: Sweet and Sour