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L'emmerdeur
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'''''L'emmerdeur''' (literally The Troublemaker, with the English title of A Pain in the Ass, often promoted as A Pain in the A__) is a 1973 French-Italian black comedy film, starring Jacques Brel, appearing in his tenth and final feature film. Directed by Édouard 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.
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7.0Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become neurotic after his wife left him.
Cast
- Lino Ventura as Ralf Milan
- Jacques Brel as François Pignon
- Caroline Cellier as Louise Pignon
- Jean-Pierre Darras as Dr. Edgar Fuchs
- Nino Castelnuovo as Bellhop, room boy
- Michele Gammino as Pregnant woman husband
Themes
- hotel
- suicide
- hitman
- suicide attempt
- run away
- psychiatrist
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Key facts
- Film.name
- L'emmerdeur
- Film.image
- L'emmerdeur 1973 Poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Édouard Molinaro
- Film.writer
- Francis Veber (play and screenplay)
- Film.cinematography
- Raoul Coutard
- Film.distributor
- Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique (CCFC)
- Film.runtime
- 85 minutes
- Film.language
- French
- Film.gross
- $25.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- buddy film
- Country of origin
- Belgium
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Édouard Molinaro
- Screenwriter
- Francis Veber
- Composer
- Jacques Brel
- Producer
- Alexandre Mnouchkine
- Cinematographer
- Raoul Coutard
- Narrative location
- Montpellier
- Duration
- 80
- FilmAffinity ID
- 483240
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- publication date
- 1979-05-24
- title
- L'Emmerdeur
- Commons category
- L'Emmerdeur (1973)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Plot
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'''''L'emmerdeur''' (literally The Troublemaker, with the English title of A Pain in the Ass, often promoted as A Pain in the A__) is a 1973 French-Italian black comedy film, starring Jacques Brel, appearing in his tenth and final feature film. Directed by Édouard 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.
In the film, a contract killer waits for his intended victim at a hotel room, but his plan is accidentally thwarted by the suicidal salesman occupying the neighboring room. He resorts to prevent the salesman from committing suicide, in fear that the suicide would cause a police search in the hotel.
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