Docteur Popaul (1972)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Claude Chabrol

Writers:

Paul Gégauff (writer)
Hubert Monteilhet (novel)

Release Date:

29 September 1972 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Doctor Popaul doesn't trust beautiful women: he says he prefers "moral beauty". Among colleagues he...

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Female Nudity | Sister In Law | Beautiful Woman | Nudity

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Dr. Paul Simay
Mia Farrow	...	Christine Dupont
Laura Antonelli	...	Martine Dupont
Daniel Lecourtois	...	Prof. Dupont
Marlène Appelt	...	L'Infirmière Carole
Carlo Bartolotta
Michel Peyrelon	...	Joseph
Patrick Préjean	...	Arthur Rignard
Henri Attal	...	La sourde
Louis Duranton
Monique Fardoulis
Christophe Merle
Madame Steeg
Catherine Ohotnikoff
Maja Wodecka		(as Maya Wodecka)

Also Known As:

Dr. Popaul
High Heels (USA)
Play Now, Pay Later (USA) (dubbed version)
Scoundrel in White (UK)
Trappola per un lupo (Italy)

Runtime:

France:95 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-12 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Bordeaux, Gironde, France

Company:

Cerito Films

Trivia:

At the time, the biggest success of Claude Chabrol's career in France.

Quotes:

Dr. Paul Simay: She's my sister and we're Russian.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Munich (2005)

A movie with multiple personalities

First of all, Belmondo is hilarious. Very unsuave, the look on his face throughout the film is priceless. My problem with this film is that it would lurch from slapstick sex comedy to black comedy to noir, sometimes in the same scene. The film makers' point of view was often obscured by the fact that they tried too hard to get so much in. Belmondo's constant smoking soon became distracting as I tried to get a sense of the character. The film does succeed in all of its personalities (genres), so I give this a 7.