Mortelle randonnée (1983)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Claude Miller

Writers:

Michel Audiard (adaptation) &
Jacques Audiard (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:

9 March 1983 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Beauvoir, lonely, aging private detective, is put on the bloody track of beautiful Catherine Leiris...

Plot Keywords:

Private Detective | Hotel | Femme Fatale | On The Road | Narration

Awards:

6 nominations

Cast

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

Production Companies

• Téléma
• TF1 Films Production

Distributors

• G.E.F. (1983) (France) (theatrical)
• Mundial Filmes (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Video Vamp (USA) (video)

Other Companies

• Éditions Gallimard  publisher
• The Carla Bley Band  music performers

Also Known As:

Deadly Circuit (USA)
Deadly Run (Europe: English title)

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Certification:

Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Company:

Téléma

Movie Connections:

Features Der letzte Mann (1924)

Soundtrack:

Der Hirt auf dem Felsen

Made me dream when I was 19...

...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!