Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Synopsis
Alfred (Michel Serrault) doesn't work. He lets his wife do that. Instead, he plays the horses, and wanders about, hitchhiking. His sly laziness serves him in good stead when he is kidnapped by people he thought were giving him a ride. He wakes from unconsciousness in a coffin in Istanbul, pockets full of counterfeit cash. Another gang, not the one that kidnapped him, accosts him and tries to find out what kind of smuggling scheme would send him in the coffin. The original gang then makes its presence known, and Alfred tries with some skill to play one against the other in this gangster farce.
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Director (1)
Actors (34)
Production and distribution (3)
Full credits (18)
- Assistant directors : Tony Aboyantz, François Audiard
- Adaptation : Jean-Marie Poiré, Michel Audiard
- Dialogue Writer : Michel Audiard
- Author of original work : Ed McBain
- Producer : Alain Poiré
- Sound Recordist : Guy Villette
- Screenwriters : Michel Audiard, Jean-Marie Poiré
- Directors of Photography : Pierre Petit, Alain Boisnard
- Sound Assistant : Victor Revelli
- Assistant Operator : Gérard Petit
- Camera Operator : Adolphe Charlet
- Production Manager : Robert Sussfeld
- Editors : Robert Isnardon, Monique Isnardon
- Production Designer : Jean D'Eaubonne
- Music Composer : Eddie Vartan
- Stunt performer : Henri Cogan
- Still Photographer : Henri Thibault
- Location Manager : Gérard Crosnier
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Black comedy
- Themes : Fraud
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1970
- French release : 19/02/1971
- Runtime : 1 h 25 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 37625
- Visa issue date : 15/02/1971
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Mono
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