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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Claude Lelouch (story)
Claude Lelouch (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
20 November 1970 (France) more
Plot:
Story about an incurable thief, his success and his failures. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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Merci Simca more (11 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jean-Louis Trintignant | ... | Simon Duroc dit 'le Suisse' |
| Danièle Delorme | ... | Janine |
| Charles Gérard | ... | Charlot |
| Christine Lelouch | ... | Martine |
| Yves Robert | ... | Le commissaire |
| Judith Magre | ... | Mme Gallois |
| Aldo Maccione | ... | Aldo Ferrari |
| Paul Le Person | ... | Le faussaire |
| Amidou | ... | Bill |
| Gérard Sire | ... | Le maire |
| Jacques Doniol-Valcroze | ... | Le banquier |
| Gabriella Giorgelli | ... | L'italienne |
| Luciano Pigozzi | ||
| Mimmo Palmara | ||
| Pierre Zimmer | ... | Martine's Husband |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Simon the Swiss (UK)
The Crook (USA)
Voyou (Italy)
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Runtime:
120 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
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Certification:
West Germany:16 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11 | USA:G
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When Jean-Louis Trintignant's character is being grilled, the policeman mentions that witnesses saw a man and a woman. Trintignant responds by whistling a bit of the theme from his previous movie with Claude Lelouche, the international sensation Un homme et une femme (1966). more
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Spoofs À bout de souffle (1960) more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Le voyou (1970)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| of course the DVD restores the French audio?? or does it?? | danielj_old999 |
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I do not go much for Lelouch's stuff ,which is to the French cinema what Mac Donald is to gastronomy.But,and this is crucial,there are exceptions."La Vie,L'Amour ,La Mort" which was a semi-flop ,was a sincere plea against death penalty;and there are two delicious comedies:one of them is "La Belle Année" (1974) ,and the other is this film .
It's about a child's abduction but things are not what they seem,and at a time when unexpected twists have become de rigueur ,I think one could remake "le voyou".The film takes also at a slap at the commercials and the "Thank you,Simca ( cars)" scene is worth the price of admission.Also features Sacha Distel at the Olympia ,the famous Paris music hall: he sings "Toute La PLuie Tombe Sur Moi" ;a French cover of "raindrops keep fallin' on my head".Good cast with a dynamic Jean-Louis Trintignant,who starred in Lelouch's Cannes Palme d'Or 1966 "Un Homme et Une Femme" ,and Charles Denner.
Anachronisms: the kidnapping was supposed to happen in 1965;but "raindrops keep fallin' on my head " was a 1970 song,so Distel could not sing a cover in 1965.Ditto for the "Un homme et Une Femme" (1966) private joke!