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Man in the Trunk

Original title: La valise
  • 1973
  • PG
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
527
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Man in the Trunk (1973)
AdventureComedy

A beautifull and thoroughly modern young French women, Francoise, gets involved with an Israeli agent working in Lybia. The agent is exposed and in order to save his life, he has to be smugg... Read allA beautifull and thoroughly modern young French women, Francoise, gets involved with an Israeli agent working in Lybia. The agent is exposed and in order to save his life, he has to be smuggled out of the country in a trunk ("valise"). Francoise and the agent get through a lot of... Read allA beautifull and thoroughly modern young French women, Francoise, gets involved with an Israeli agent working in Lybia. The agent is exposed and in order to save his life, he has to be smuggled out of the country in a trunk ("valise"). Francoise and the agent get through a lot of turbulent adventures, in the process of which the thoroughly liberated young woman also s... Read all

  • Director
    • Georges Lautner
  • Writers
    • Georges Lautner
    • Francis Veber
  • Stars
    • Mireille Darc
    • Michel Constantin
    • Jean-Pierre Marielle
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    527
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Georges Lautner
    • Writers
      • Georges Lautner
      • Francis Veber
    • Stars
      • Mireille Darc
      • Michel Constantin
      • Jean-Pierre Marielle
    • 7User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Mireille Darc
    Mireille Darc
    • Françoise
    Michel Constantin
    Michel Constantin
    • Le capitaine Georges Augier
    Jean-Pierre Marielle
    Jean-Pierre Marielle
    • Le commandant Bloch
    Amidou
    Amidou
    • Le lieutenant Abdul Fouad
    Robert Dalban
    Robert Dalban
    • Le colonel Mercier
    Raoul Saint-Yves
    • L'ambassadeur de France en Libye
    Abderrahmane El Kebir
    • Le policier tunisien
    • (as El Kebir)
    Bernard Fontaine
    Jean Luisi
    • L'employé de l'ambassade
    Charly Bravo
      Jesus Fernandez
      Jean Lefebvre
      Jean Lefebvre
      • Le bagagiste…
      Michel Galabru
      Michel Galabru
      • Baby Milandris
      Arch Taylor
      • L'Américain qui drague Françoise
      Leila Sheir
      • La speakerine de la TV
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • Georges Lautner
      • Writers
        • Georges Lautner
        • Francis Veber
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      9radlov

      Excellent comedy

      It is many years ago that I saw this film, but I still remember it as one of the best comedies I ever saw. Mireille Darc is a very attractive heroin of this turbulent, light hearted vaudeville, masterfully directed by George Lautner.
      searchanddestroy-1

      Mireille Darc - George Lautner...Who else?

      During the late sixties and the whole seventies decade, if you had Mireille Darc in a cast, you had all the chances to also have George Lautner as director. Maybe not necessarily Michel Audiard at the screenplay, but the option was opened. This one is an excellent comedy yarn from the seventies and made by the great specialist Lautner. I usually avoid comedies, but those ones put some spice in my childhood period and the pleasure is still the same after all those decades. That's the only time Michel Constantin co stars Jean-Pierre Marielle. Constantin made comedies only with Lautner: NE NOUS FACHONS PAS, IL ETAIT UNE FOIS UN FLIC, LAISSE ALLER C'EST UNE VALSE. For the rest, he mainly played in crime thrillers.
      7jbgeorges

      Great fun by George Lautner and Francis Veber!

      This movie is an excellent and light comedy gently mocking racial prejudices between French, Jewish people and Arabs ... The actors are emblematic of the 70s in French cinema. Michel Constantin and the great Jean-Pierre Marielle, too often confined to supporting roles, are both perfect, as well as the magnificent Mireille Darc who plays with all her charm. We wouldn't make this kind of comedies anymore nowadays, politically too incorrect, which is a shame ... Another reason to watch it!

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        La Valise
        Written by Philippe Sarde

        Performed by Hubert Rostaing Et Son Orchestre

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      • Release date
        • December 5, 1975 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • France
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • Der Koffer in der Sonne
      • Filming locations
        • Almería, Andalucía, Spain
      • Production company
        • Gaumont International
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      • Runtime
        • 1h 40m(100 min)
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.66 : 1

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