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That's Show Business

1975 · 105 min

A wry, theatrical satire of showbiz egos and money, drifting between farce and sudden tenderness for its misunderstood genius.

Directed by
Jean Yanne
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Jean Yanne, Robert Hirsch, Catherine Rouvel
Overview
Clement Mastard is the head of a leading journal dedicated to extravagant vaudeville. An unexpected contract requires him to reconnect with his former headliner Celia Bergson part to try to avant-garde theater. It is through this that he met Johann Sebastian Bloch, misunderstood musician who cause the loss but the side which Mastard, the man without scruples, to humanize and eventually produce a real masterpiece, the Missa Solemnis

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Directed by
Jean Yanne
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Jean Yanne, Robert Hirsch, Catherine Rouvel
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • media
  • ambition
  • corruption
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • musical
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Jean Yanne
Written by
Jean Yanne, Gérard Sire
Starring
Jean Yanne, Robert Hirsch, Catherine Rouvel, Liliane Montevecchi, Denise Gence, Ginette Leclerc, Hubert Deschamps, Georges Beller
Runtime
105 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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