Summary
After the execution of Louis Mandrin, a well-known outlaw and popular
underworld hero of the 18th century, his former partners in crime
decide to chance their luck with a smuggling operation in the provinces
of France. Well-armed, the smugglers arrange markets on the
outskirts of the villages, where they sell tobacco, fabrics and other
precious commodities. They write songs in honour of Mandrin,
which they then print and distribute among the poor folk of the
kingdom...
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Credits
- Director: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
- Script: Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche
- Photo: Irina Lubtchansky
- Cast: Jacques Nolot (Le marquis), Christian Milia-Darmezin (Le colporteur Jean Sératin), Kenji Levan (Court-Toujours), Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche (Bélissard), Salim Ameur-Zaïmeche (Malice), Sylvain Roume (Ma Noblesse), Nicolas Bancilhon (Blondin), Abel Jafri (La Buse), Sylvain Rifflet (La Flûte), Sylvia Albaret (Mandrinette), Xavier Pons (Le sergent), Jean-Luc Nancy (L’imprimeur Jean-Luc Cynan), Yann-Yvon Pennec (Le brigadier-chef), Hippolyte Girardot
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 97 min
- Aka: Smugglers’ Songs
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