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| Michel Serrault | ... | Beauvoir, The 'Eye' | |
| Isabelle Adjani | ... | Catherine Leiris / Lucie Brentano - 'Marie' | |
| Guy Marchand | ... | L'homme pâle / The pale man | |
| Stéphane Audran | ... | The grey lady | |
| Macha Méril | ... | Madeleine | |
| Geneviève Page | ... | Mme Schmidt-Boulanger | |
| Sami Frey | ... | Ralph Forbes | |
| Dominique Frot | ... | Betty | |
| Patrick Bouchitey | ... | Michel de Meyerganz | |
| Isabelle Ho | ... | Cora Palenbrg | |
| François Bernheim | ... | Jerry | |
| Gilberte Lauvray | ... | La curiste | |
| Michel Such | ... | L'homme à l'attaché case / The fat man | |
| Jean-Claude Brialy | ... | Voragine | |
| Paul Anrieu | |||
| Gérard Baffos | |||
| Chantal Banlier | ... | Une serveuse | |
| Serge Berry | |||
| Marcel Berteau | |||
| Michel Carnoy | |||
| Patrick Cauderlier | |||
| Didier Chambragne | |||
| Hervé Claude | |||
| André Decombes | |||
| Danièle Denie | (as Danielle Denie) | ||
| Clarisse Deudon | |||
| Anne Forez | |||
| Agnès Gattegno | |||
| Suzanne Gohy | |||
| Murray Gronwall | |||
| Jeanne Herviale | ... | Vittel's aunt | |
| Laura Larriaga | |||
| Guillaume Le Guellec | |||
| Jean Lemaître | |||
| Leah Lourie | (as Léah Lourié) | ||
| Patricia Millardet | |||
| Rodolfo De Souza | (as Rodolpho De Souza) | ||
| Franca Tamantini | ... | Signora Comolli (as Franka Tamantini) | |
| Gérard Uzès | (as Gérard Uzé) | ||
| Daniel Vérité | |||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Luc Béraud | ... | L'inspecteur de police / Police inspector (uncredited) | |
| Etienne Chicot | ... | Lerner (uncredited) | |
| Charles Gassot | ... | Un policier à l'hôtel (uncredited) | |
| Philippe Lelièvre | ... | Paul Hugo (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Claude Miller | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Michel Audiard | adaptation and dialogue & | |
| Jacques Audiard | adaptation | |
| Marc Behm | (novel "The Eye of the Beholder") | |
Produced by | |||
| Charles Gassot | .... | executive producer | |
| Bernard Grenet | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Carla Bley | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Gilbert Duhalde | |||
| Pierre Lhomme | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Albert Jurgenson | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Véronique Melery | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Ermenegildo Zegna | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Laurence Azouvy | .... | makeup artist | |
| Catherine Demesmeaker | .... | key makeup artist (as Catherine Demaesmacker) | |
| Fouzia Harleman | .... | key hair stylist | |
| Elaine Marcus | .... | key makeup artist (as Eliane Marcus) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Inigo Lezzi | .... | first assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Jean-Marc Lentretien | .... | sound mix technician | |
| Nadine Muse | .... | sound editor | |
Stunts | |||
| Patrick Cauderlier | .... | stunts | |
| Rémy Julienne | .... | stunts | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Moune Jamet | .... | still photographer | |
Music Department | |||
| Carla Bley | .... | music producer | |
| Carla Bley | .... | musician: orgue and toy piano | |
| Vincent Chancey | .... | musician: French horn | |
| Arturo O'Farrill | .... | musician: piano and toy organ | |
| Bob Stewart | .... | musician: tuba | |
| Steve Swallow | .... | musician: bass and toy synthetizer | |
Other crew | |||
| Corrado Sofia | .... | production assistant | |
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...and still does now that I am 42. Serrault and Adjani (an improbable 'incestuous couple' at a first glance, but actually a dreamy duo which really works) are just great. They both look like zombies: two people who died a long time ago and who consider life as a sort of waiting room. They only want to step back into the black&white school photo, when everything was still OK and life worth living. The story verges on the side of madness from the beginning, with Mrs Schmidt-Boulanger (manager of detective agency - beautiful cameo for Geneviève Page, who was the Madam in Bunuel's 'Belle de Jour'). While she's explaining the case to Beauvoir (the detective), he watches dreamily a homeless smashing a window of Schmidt-Boulanger's car, stealing her fur coat and putting it on, parading around on the parking lot, like a model on the catwalk. And the music! Another improbable couple: Carla Bley and Schubert! And the dialogs! Michel and Jacques Audiard wrote one little gem after another. And the black humor! Just sit back, don't expect any believable plot, and ENJOY this little gem from the 80's!