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Le Guignolo

1980 · 108 min

A breezy, wisecracking caper that skips from con to con with a wink and a shrug.

Overview
After the failure of his recent criminal exploits, international con artist Alexandre Dupré sets off for Venice to try to dupe some Japanese business men into buying a fake copy of a stolen Caneletto. On the aeroplane, a stranger asks him to look after his briefcase until after they have landed. Alexandre agrees, but the stranger is shot dead soon after and Alexandre himself becomes the target of enemy agents who are keen to recover the briefcase...

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • crime
  • conspiracy
  • greed
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror1
Humour7
Realism5
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy, action
Directed by
Georges Lautner
Written by
Michel Audiard, Jean Herman
Starring
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Mirella D'Angelo, Michel Galabru, Carla Romanelli, Paolo Bonacelli, Georges Géret, Von Gretchen Shepard, Pierre Vernier
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
108 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
French

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