Death of a Chinaman
Synopsis
A hassle-free life always comes at a price that has to be paid eventually. Michel, a placid writer of children’s books, finds out the hard way. While he’s accompanying his best friend to the casualty department, his wife, Helene, runs off with a Chinaman.Why did she leave him? And why with Tong? In desperation, Michel sets off in search of his beloved wife, convinced that she’ll come back just as soon as he’s killed the Chinaman.
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Director (1)
Actors (27)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Île Productions
- Co-production : France 3 Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : Wide
- French distribution : BAC Films
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Raymond Blumenthal
- Adaptation : Jean-Louis Benoît
- Director of Photography : Dominique Chapuis
- Music Composer : Jean-Louis Negro
- Assistant Director : Dominique Guerrier
- Editor : Ariane Boeglin
- Sound Recordist : Marc-Antoine Beldent
- Costume designer : Patricia Dubois
- Production Manager : Daniel Szuster
- Press Attaché (film) : Laura Gouadain
- Assistant Editor : Patrick Zouzout
- Continuity supervisor : Anne-Marie Garcia
- Production Designer : Max Berto
- French Distributor : Jean Labadie
- Sound Mixer : Gérard Lamps
- Still Photographers : Maïté Aletti, Jean-Marie Leroy
- Unit Production Manager : Guillaume Favreau
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Black comedy
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
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Michel is an almost normal guy, but his occupation constantly draws him away from reality. He spends so much time writing stories about dumb animals that he has logged off from the world and gone to sleep. When he wakes up, he finds that his wife has run off with a Chinaman. For a contemplative guy like him, it’s a real slap in the face! Three factors awaken the murderer in him: his love of Helene, his anger with himself and the aggravation he’s subjected to. His thirst for revenge becomes obsessive. He searches for his wife but he’s really looking for himself. He becomes more and more detached from reality. He blunders around in much the same way as he does in ordinary life, with a kind of candour, innocence and a fair amount of good luck. But whatever he does, he’s still not cut out to be a murderer. (José Garcia - excerpt from press kit)
