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L'emmerdeur
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Wikipedia article
'L'emmerdeur' (literally 'The Troublemaker', with the English title of 'A Pain in the Ass', often promoted as 'A Pain in the A__''A Pain in the A__' (1973), 'Scopophilia: Movies of the 60's, 70's and 80's), December 4, 2016, https://scopophiliamovieblog.com/2016/12/04/a-pain-in-the-a__-1973/'Pain in the A__' VHS, 'ebay', https://www.ebay.com/itm/PAIN-IN-THE-A-vhs-new-FIRST-RUN-french-comedy-VENTURA-BREL-CELLIER-MOLINARO-/383505013021) is a 1973 French-Italian black comedy film starring Jacques Brel, appearing in his tenth and final feature film. Directed by douard Molinaro and co-starring Lino Ventura, Caroline Cellier, and Jean-Pierre Darras, 'L'emmerdeur' is an adaptation of Francis Veber's 1971 play 'Le contrat'.
Plot
Ralph Milan is a contract killer who is paid to kill Louis Randoni, whose testimony in various trials could harm the organisation. Ralph waits for his prey in his hotel room, but is interrupted by his comical neighbour, a shirt salesman named Franois Pignon (Jacques Brel). Pignon, who is suicidal since his wife left him for a reputed psychiatrist named Fuchs (Jean-Pierre Darras), tries to hang himself on the waterpipes, but only manages to cause a flood. Realizing that if Pignon tries to kill himself again the police will search the place, Milan offers to talk him out of it until after his assassination. Unfortunately Pignon starts irritating him more, and makes it more difficult for him to fulfill his contract killing.
Cast
* Jacques Brel as Franois Pignon
* Lino Ventura as Ralf Milan
* Caroline Cellier as Louise Pignon
* Jean-Pierre Darras as Fuchs
* Nino Castelnuovo as The bellhop
* Angela Cardile as The future mother
* Xavier Depraz as Louis Randoni
* Jean-Louis Tristan as The hotel inspector
* Andr Valardy as The hitchhiker
* Jean Franval as The hitchhiker
* Pierre Collet as The butcher
* Arlette Balkis as The patient
* ric Vasberg as The rally pilot
* Jacques Galland as Matre Chamfort
* Franois Dyrek
Remakes
The film was remade in the United States in 1981 as 'Buddy Buddy' by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The film was remade in France in 2008 as 'L' Emmerdeur' starring Patrick Timsit and Richard Berry. Neither remake was well received and the 2008 version was a conspicuous disaster, attracting derisory audiences.Fr Fr
The film also remade in Turkish as 'Ba Belas' in 1982 directed by Kartal Tibet.
A remake in Hindi called 'Bumboo' was released in 2012.
References
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