La Course à l'échalote

La Course à l'échalote
La Course à l'échalote
Directed by	Claude Zidi
Screenplay by	Claude Zidi; ;
Starring	Pierre Richard; Jane Birkin; Michel Aumont
Cinematography	Henri Decaë
Music by	Vladimir Cosma
Release date	8 October 1975;
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

La Course à l'échalote is a 1975 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi.

Plot[]

Young and dynamic, founded with power from the "20th Century Bank", Pierre Vidal regularly spies with his binoculars his partner Janet, who works in a hairdressing salon. Fed up of being constantly watched, she takes advantage to excite his jealousy. His boss having taken a few days of vacation, Pierre is in charge to replace him. More nervous than ever of this enormous responsibility, he will soon have to take to the coffer halls a certain Monsieur de Rovère, who came to bring the transfer of shares act of the Alcazar, the famous Parisian cabaret. But the famous briefcase containing the documents is stolen on their sight.

Cast[]

Pierre Richard ... Pierre Vidal
Jane Birkin ... Janet
Michel Aumont ... Commissaire Brunet
... Marc
Amadeus August ... Gunther
... Mike
Luis Rego ... Frantz
Catherine Allégret ... Nicole
... André
Jean Martin ... bank director
Claude Dauphin ... Bertrand de Rovère
... Philippe
Paul Cambo ... CEO of the bank
... Brunet's assistant

Additional information[]

The film took place in Cherbourg-Octeville, Manche, and in Brighton, England.
Claude Zidi, Pierre Richard and Jane Birkin had also starred together in Lucky Pierre, released one year before.

External links[]

La Course à l'échalote at IMDb

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