Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec
Synopsis
Autumn 1980.
It’s been two years now that the French stand-up comedian Coluche has been triumphing every night at the Gymnase theater and his tales travel from school playgrounds to university benches, passing through factories, cafes, salons, and prisons. They’re like an invisible thread that weaves through that much talked-about social fabric.
The former petty hoodlum from the tough Montrouge neighborhood now makes the whole world laugh. The oppressed laugh at their oppressors – and some of the latter even laugh at themselves. We can exploit the poor old world and still enjoy having a laugh.
After being fired from Radio Monte-Carlo for the crime of lese-majesty, an idea comes to him, prompted by filmmaker Romain Goupil: Finally, the only place where no one can censor him is if he becomes a candidate in the upcoming elections.
The elections are highly anticipated because the principle of alternation, of prime importance for a democracy, has not been applied for twenty-three years s...
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Actors (61)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Storia Television
- Co-productions : France 2 Cinéma, STUDIOCANAL
- Film exports/foreign sales : Kinology, STUDIOCANAL
- French distribution : Mars Films
Full credits (18)
- Executive Producers : Thomas Anargyros, Édouard De Vésinne
- Screenwriters : Antoine De Caunes, Diastème
- Director of Photography : Thomas Hardmeier
- Music Composer : Ramon Pipin
- Assistant Director : Pascal Salafa
- Editor : Christophe Pinel
- Sound Recordist : Thomas Lascar
- Costume designers : Bernadette Strassmann, Agnès Falque
- Author of original work : Jean-Christophe Vaguelsy
- Line Producer : Frédéric Bruneel
- Production Manager : Pascal Bonnet
- Press Attaché (film) : Dominique Segall
- Sound Editor : Jérôme Wiciak
- Continuity supervisor : Joëlle Hersant
- Production Designer : Alain Veissier
- Casting : Michaël Laguens
- Sound Mixer : Didier Lozahic
- Still Photographer : Thierry Valletoux
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
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Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris
France, 2010
Actor : François-Xavier Demaison
Director : Antoine De Caunes
