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Leontine (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Leontine' (French: 'Faut pas prendre les enfants du bon Dieu pour des canards sauvages') is a 1968 French comedy crime film directed by Michel Audiard and starring Franoise Rosay, Bernard Blier and Marlne Jobert.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.28
It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios and on location around Paris and Menton on the French Riviera. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne and Raymond Gabutti.
Synopsis
When the criminal Rita has robbed a bank with an accomplice who then refuses to share the gold bars they have taken, she calls in her aunt Leontine a respected ex-criminal now living in retirement in the South of France.
Cast
* Franoise Rosay as Leontine
* Bernard Blier as Charles
* Marlne Jobert as Rita
* Andr Pousse as Fred
* Robert Berri as Un conseiller de Charles
* Grald Bruneau as Le Viking
* Michel Charrel as Un conseiller de Charles
* Mario David as Jacky
* Sylvain Levignac as Un conseiller de Charles
* Roger Mailles as Un homme de main de Charles
* Raoul Saint-Yves as Raoul
* Jean Saudray as Un homme de main de Charles
* Dominique Zardi as Un tueur
* Paul Frankeur as Ruffin
* Robert Dalban as Casimir
* Claude Rollet as Tiburce
References
Bibliography
* Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. 'The A to Z of French Cinema'. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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