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7.6/10   103 votes
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Director:
Jerzy Skolimowski
Writers:
Andrzej Kostenko (writer)
Jerzy Skolimowski (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
13 October 1967 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance | Comedy
Plot:
A fast-paced comedy about a young Belgian car nut and hairdresser's apprentice, his girlfriend, and... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
See It If You Get the Chance more

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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
Country:
Belgium
Language:
French
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-12 | Sweden:Btl
Filming Locations:
Brussels, Belgium
Company:
Elisabeth more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
See It If You Get the Chance, 25 November 2000
Author: Karina from NYC

If you're in the States, it seems there's a 99% chance you won't get a chance to see this consistently entertaining film, save for the outside possibility it's shown in a big-city arthouse theater. As you might've read from the description above, it concerns Marc (a typically charming, uncharacteristically manic Jean-Pierre Leaud), an automobile-obsessed young hairdresser in Brussels struggling to obtain money needed to finance the car he needs for an upcoming race. With no assistance from his coworkers, Marc enlists the help of Michele, the loyal girlfriend he keeps at arm's length (the likeable Catherine Duport) not only because of his immaturity, but his single-minded focus on car racing. As the earlier commentator said, a main reason for seeing this film is the charismatic presence of Leaud (it seems a tailor-made film for him), but another draw is the quiet intelligence Duport exudes, and the film's markedly mid-60's style. Krzysztof Komeda's energetic, jazz-tinged score is conspicuous yet completely relevant. Jerzy Skolimowski managed to craft a funny, modish, and assured film in a language that he apparently didn't even speak! Certainly worth a viewing, if you get the chance.

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