This Belgian/French tale chronicles the efforts of Jacques (Jacques Brel) to find the Old West in modern America. Dressed as cowboy, he travels throughout western American cities and towns and finds others similarly dressed. These idealists gather together and build an old-western-style town in the middle of an abandoned factory, battling local bureaucracies in the process.
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Jacques Brel
Jacques
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Gabriel Jabbour
Gabriel
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Danièle Evenou
Danièle
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Véronique Mucret
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Jacques Brel Director · Paul Andréota Screenplay François Rauber Composer
First release May 1, 1973 · Produced in Belgium, France · Production International Film Company (IFC)
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Les Films 13
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International Film Company (IFC)
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Belgium · France
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Original title
Le Far West
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 1, 1973
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · May 31, 1973
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Belgium
May 31, 1973 · Theatrical
Hungary
January 6, 1977 · Theatrical
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