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6.1/10   540 votes
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Director:

Ben Lewin

Writers:

Marcel Aymé (novel)
Ben Lewin (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

14 February 1992 (UK) more

Genre:

Comedy more

Tagline:

The catch of the day is fresh comedy.

Plot:

A farce, Hoskins plays a photographer who specializes in religious pictures who searches for a model for Jesus... more | add synopsis

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User Comments:

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Cast

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Bob Hoskins ... Louis Aubinard

Jeff Goldblum ... Pianist

Natasha Richardson ... Sybil
Michel Blanc ... Norbert
Jacques Villeret ... Lingerie Man
Angela Pleasence ... Louis' Sister

Jean-Pierre Cassel ... Zalman
Samuel Chaimovitch ... Grandfather
Sacha Vikouloff ... The Violinist
Claudine Mavros ... Mother Superior
Carlos Kloster ... The Archbishop
Yvonne Constant ... Prostitute
Martine Ferrière ... Mother of Lingerie Man
Gerald Morales ... Bishop's Driver
Yannick Evely ... Mother Superior's Driver
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

La montre, la croix et la manière
Rue Saint-Sulpice (France)
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Runtime:

Spain:89 min | USA:89 min

Country:

UK | France | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Fildebroc more


Fun Stuff

Quotes:

Norbert: I don't think your friend will shave his beard.
Louis Aubinard: Why not?
Norbert: [whips around] Because he tried to wash my feet!
Louis Aubinard: Maybe he was trying to tell you something...
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How did I miss this GEM?, 18 September 2000
10/10
Author: Agnes Tomorrow from Seattle

This is a lovely piece of black humor and non sequitur, and I can't believe I never heard of it until a friend showed it to me last night. While it has some parts which are not absolutely necessary, most of it is splendidly daft and macabre, and seems like the sort of thing I would have heard about, considering my taste for such films as Delicatessen, Brazil, Naked Lunch, Repo Man and so on. Why didn't anyone tell me????

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