La gueule de l'autre

1979 [FRENCH]

Comedy

1
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 375 375

assassination doppelgänger

Director

Pierre Tchernia Photo
Pierre Tchernia

Top cast

Rossana Canghiari Photo
Rossana Canghiari as Nightclub Dancer
Catherine Lachens Photo
Catherine Lachens as Florence
Michel Fortin Photo
Michel Fortin as
Bernadette Lafont Photo
Bernadette Lafont as Gisèle Brossard
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932.57 MB
1200*720
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles ru  us  fr  hr  cz  dk  nl  fi  gr  hu  it  no  pt  ro  es  sv  
24 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 3
1.69 GB
1800*1080
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles ru  us  fr  hr  cz  dk  nl  fi  gr  hu  it  no  pt  ro  es  sv  
24 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dbdumonteil

Face to face

Poiret and Serrault were a comic team whose best movie has remained overlooked : "Assassins Et Voleurs" is really a gem ,directed by Sacha Guitry whose shadow hangs on this one,made by Pierre Tchernia ,a TV host who made a handful of films ;the screenplay was written by Poiret and whilst it's occasionally funny ,it's sometimes heavy-handed .Satire may be Poiret's wish ,but it's Guitry's reality.The trick of the double was also treated by the latter ("La Vie D'Un Honnête Homme" ),but Serrault's performance does not compare favorably with Michel Simon's .Half of the movies is pretty mediocre stuff: a gangster story, an absolutely infuriating scene of S/M ,complete with leather and boots,Curd Jurgens-guest star whose part is pointless- and his minion breaking into an unbearable version of the German carol "O Tannenbaum "(o christmas tree) ,and other filler.Consequently,the real meat here lies in the "political" scenes which seem her almost prophetic;the face-to-face TV debate partly saves the movie , a marvelously precise politicians' waffle parody;the name of the hero's party is also a good oxymoron " Les Conservateurs Independants Progressistes " ( = independent progressive conservatives !);the politician involved in shady affairs with bad company is in 2018 perhaps more relevant than ever.....Too bad Poiret did not concentrate on the political issues :we would have had a really good comedy :he has only half done the work.
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