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Le Paltoquet (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1986 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Michel Deville

Written By:
Michel Deville
Franz-Rudolf Falk

Actors:
Fanny Ardant ..... Lotte
Daniel Auteuil ..... The Journalist
Richard Bohringer ..... The Doctor
Philippe Léotard ..... The Honourable Tradesman
Jeanne Moreau ..... The Brothel-Keeper
Michel Piccoli ..... Le Paltoquet
Claude Piéplu ..... The Professor
Jean Yanne ..... The Police Captain
Thuy An Luu ..... The Hetaera

Synopsis:

With ingenious camera work, witty dialogue, and a setting that almost never wanders from the cavernous interior of a mod cafe-bar, this drama by Michel Deville has a lot of pluses. A woman (Jeanne Moreau) and a man (Michel Piccoli, the 'nonentity' of the title) jointly run the vast cafe and every night play host to the same four men as they sit around a card table -- a doctor, a journalist, a merchant, and a professor. A seductive woman (Fanny Ardant) lounges around in a hammock nearby. When the police commissioner starts investigating a murder, the four card players become suspects. Charming bits show an irritable 'paltoquet' shoving the opening credits off the screen so the story can get going. He also sits around reading the novel from which the screenplay was adapted and provides music with a portable record player. These inventive touches allow the movie to work on several levels at once.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 03 October, 2006.

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