- Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Romy Schneider, Jane Birkin, Henri Garcin
- Directors: Michel Deville
- Writers: Christopher Frank, Roger Blondel
- Producers: Léo L. Fuchs
- Format: Colour, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
- Language French
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Pathfinder Home Ent.
- DVD Release Date: 27 Jan 2004
- Run Time: 105 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B00008K793
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 134,892 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I paid over [..] pounds for this and expected something special. I was disappointed.
It has one good feature and that is the option to listen in English to this German production of a French movie. For some reason I thought it was a new movie but it must be at least 40 years old because Jane Birkin stars and looks very young indeed.
The story is about a dull bank clerk who is a puppet to the controlling personality of a cynical writer, his friend, who works out of a Paris cafe. The puppeteer tells his dreary associate to quit his job and do whatever he wants, and what he wants is to be rich and sleep with as many women as possible. His master instructs him to use and abuse a series of woman to get to the top. Along the way he falls in love with a married woman who dies in the movie's only surprise scene. In keeping with his glassy soul he displays no emotion whatsoever.
The message (if there is one) seems to be that what you need is often right in front of you because the bank clerk ends up back where he started with a girl he met in a park in the film's opening sequence. The story is supposed to be existentialist (I think) and is darkly cynical and devoid of any human emotion. Certainly there is no sympathy or empathy for other people. Perhaps it is meant to be funny. I found it shallow and unsatisfying. JP.
It has one good feature and that is the option to listen in English to this German production of a French movie. For some reason I thought it was a new movie but it must be at least 40 years old because Jane Birkin stars and looks very young indeed.
The story is about a dull bank clerk who is a puppet to the controlling personality of a cynical writer, his friend, who works out of a Paris cafe. The puppeteer tells his dreary associate to quit his job and do whatever he wants, and what he wants is to be rich and sleep with as many women as possible. His master instructs him to use and abuse a series of woman to get to the top. Along the way he falls in love with a married woman who dies in the movie's only surprise scene. In keeping with his glassy soul he displays no emotion whatsoever.
The message (if there is one) seems to be that what you need is often right in front of you because the bank clerk ends up back where he started with a girl he met in a park in the film's opening sequence. The story is supposed to be existentialist (I think) and is darkly cynical and devoid of any human emotion. Certainly there is no sympathy or empathy for other people. Perhaps it is meant to be funny. I found it shallow and unsatisfying. JP.
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
MICHEL DEVILLE, OPUS 15
5 Dec 2007
Format:DVD
***1/2 1974. Directed by Michel Deville. A petty bank clerk (Trintignant), is turned into a social climber under the guidance of a Machiavellian writer (Cassel). I really enjoyed this tale about a modern Rastignac who uses women to achieve power and wealth. Michel Deville is certainly a director worth your attention who deserves to be rediscovered while he's still working and alive.
3 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Delightful
10 Nov 2004
Format:DVD
Beatifuls girls (Schneider, Jane Birkin) in a plot that seems like a hollywood one, but much more honest, and funny, as dreamlike.
The US version of this film could be "Risky bussiness", film that i just can' bear.
Extremely recommended to everyone who not like Cameron Crowe.
The US version of this film could be "Risky bussiness", film that i just can' bear.
Extremely recommended to everyone who not like Cameron Crowe.
1 of 11 people found the following review helpful
What a waste......
7 Nov 2004
Format:DVD
Romy Schneider , my favorite star and Jean -Louis Tritignant of 'A man and a woman" wasted on an extremely poor script. Jane Birkin always delightful , here almost comical in a serious role.One good line " Nobody dies anymore except in a comedy"could not save this flick anymore.
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