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Director:
Pierre Tchernia
Writers:
René Goscinny (writer)
Pierre Tchernia (writer)
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Release Date:
2 February 1972 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy more
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User Comments:
Faites-moi confiance ! (Trust me !) more (1 total)

Cast

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Michel Serrault ... Louis Martinet
Michel Galabru ... Léon Galipeau
Claude Brasseur ... Noël Galipeau à 39 ans
Rosy Varte ... Elvire Galipeau
Odette Laure ... Marguerite Galipeau
Jean-Pierre Darras ... Emile Galipeau
Yves Robert ... Bucigny-Dumaine (le bel officier)
Jean Richard ... Jo (un voyou)
Madeleine Clervanne ... La grand-mère Galipeau
Noël Roquevert ... Le grand-père Galipeau
Jacques Bodoin ... Maître Laguarrigue, l'honnête notaire

Gérard Depardieu ... Victor, le complice de Jo
Bernard Lavalette ... Le député-maire de Saint-Tropez
Claude Legros ... Lucien, le brave facteur
Jean Carmet ... Maître Vierzon, l'avocat de Noël
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Annuity (International: English title)
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-3 (2001 rating) | France:U | Sweden:11
Filming Locations:
Arc de Triomphe, Paris 8, Paris, France more
Company:
Les Films Dargaud more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Nathalie Serrault's first film and Noël Roquevert's last. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in René Goscinny: Profession humoriste (1998) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Le plus beau de tous les tangos du monde more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Faites-moi confiance ! (Trust me !), 11 October 2003
Author: thegreatswan from L'Isle Jourdain, France

X-Mas 1930 : a 59 years-old man called Martinet goes to Doctor Galipeau for a complete check-up. The doc is sure that his patient will die in some months maybe a year, so he proposes to the old man and his own brother to begin a annuity contract : every year, the Galipeau's will give to the old-timer a sum of money (based on aluminum rates), and when Martinet will die, his house of Provence (in a small unknown town called St-Tropez) will be theirs... But after nine years, the whole family began to think that enough is enough, and they tried to end the existence of Martinet...

Simple but excellent plot : Michel Serrault ( only 44 at this time) gets 25 years older...and more, and he is absolutely perfect as the good naive old man, the family Galipeau is perfectly despicable, mainly the doctor, a great Michel Galabru. His lines are sooo good ! Every year, on X-Mas day, he has lunch with his family, and he talks a lot : Examples : In 1930 : "Galipeau will die within six months...trust me !" In 1932 : "Hitler? Who is Hitler? Nothing but a little house painter ! He will never succeed....trust me !"

Remember : that's a comedy ! So, you can watch it and enjoy ! TRUST ME !!!

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