Synopsis
Based on the prize-winning novel by Elvire Mural, the French Escalier C (Staircase C) stars Robin Renucci as a cynical, spiteful art critic. The critic learns the error of his ways through the catharsis of disturbing life experiences. Though many of his friends and neighbors try to crack the shell he has built around himself, his eyes are opened to the importance of human compassion only after the suicide of his neighbor. In the original novel, the critic finds fulfillment through homosexuality; this element is removed from the film version, though the gay subtext is still very much in evidence.
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Director (1)
Actors (22)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Films 7
- Co-production : France 3 Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gaumont
- French distribution : AMLF
Full credits (20)
- Assistant directors : Francis de Gueltzl, Denis Seurat
- Adaptation : Jean-Charles Tacchella
- Dialogue Writers : Jean-Charles Tacchella, Elvire Murail
- Author of original work : Elvire Murail
- Producers : Claude Zidi, Marie-Dominique Girodet
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Lenoir
- Screenwriter : Jean-Charles Tacchella
- Director of Photography : Jacques Assuerus
- Sound Assistant : Denis Carquin
- Camera Operator : Éric Faucherre
- Production Manager : Patrick Delauneux
- Editor : Agnès Guillemot
- Assistant Editor : Jacques Duron
- Continuity supervisor : Anne-Marie Garcia
- Production Designer : Georges Levy
- Music Composer : Raymond Alessandrini
- Foley artists : Jacques Thomas-Gérard, Jonathan Liebling
- Costume designer : Olga Pelletier
- Sound Mixer : Jacques Maumont
- Location Manager : Alain Jakubowicz
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : The neighborhood
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1985
- French release : 05/06/1985
- Runtime : 1 h 42 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 59.371
- Visa issue date : 24/05/1985
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.66
- Audio format : Mono
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News & awards
Selections (1)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 1986
Best Actor : Robin Renucci
Best Supporting Actress : Catherine Frot
