Claude Berri, who usually participates in films by directing them, here returns to the screen as Stan, an over-the-hill lothario, much given to quoting Shakespeare, who occasionally goes around naked under his raincoat and exposes himself to strangers, who are usually not interested in his primitive display of genitalia. It also appears that he is unable to sexually satisfy his much younger lover, and he suspects her of having another boyfriend. He earns his living tutoring students (mostly young girls) in English literature. When, in his frustration, he gropes one of the girls in her home during a tutoring session, she protests, her father (who is at home) beats him up, and he is sentenced to a jail term. There, he is teamed up with a slightly loopy murderer. When he gets out of jail, he finds his girlfriend has left for good, and ends his life.
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Claude Berri
Stan Goldberg
Known for
The Truth
Happily Ever After
Aurore Clément
Aurore
Known for
Paris, Texas
Maigret
François Ravard
Élodie Bouchez
Natacha
Known for
The Brice Man
Reality
Richard Bohringer
David
Known for
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Would I Lie to You?
Michel Robin
Le détenu
Known for
Fraggle Rock
Amélie
Daniel Duval
Le père de Natacha
Known for
District 13: Ultimatum
Caché
Serge Gainsbourg
Un ami de David (uncredited)
Known for
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
Luce Chabanis
Rosalie
Marc Stokle
Jojo
Jacques Wolfsohn
Un ami de David
Stéphane Beyeler
Une collégienne
Serge Gainsbourg Director · Olivier Guéneau Cinematographer Babeth Si Ramdane Editor
First release March 7, 1990 · Produced in France
Production
StudioCanal
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France
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · March 7, 1990
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No release date listed for United States.
Japan
October 21, 1995
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