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Cry of the Cormoran (1971)

Cry of the Cormoran poster
Original title
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Directed by
Michel Audiard
Genre
comedy film, crime film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French comedy from 1971 where a group of eccentric characters get tangled up in a crime scheme. The dialogue is full of Parisian slang and literary jokes.

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What happens

Le Cri du cormoran le soir au-dessus des jonques est un film français écrit, réalisé et dialogué par Michel Audiard, sorti en 1971. Pour cette comédie burlesque aux dialogues marqués d'argot parisien et de références littéraires, le réalisateur dialoguiste retrouve une partie de ses acteurs favoris parmi lesquels on note Bernard Blier, Paul Meurisse, Jean Carmet, Maurice Biraud, Robert Dalban ou encore Henri Cogan. Pour la première fois à l'écran, on note l'apparition du jeune Gérard Depardieu dans un petit rôle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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