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6.5/10   286 votes
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Director:
André Téchiné
Writers:
Marilyn Goldin (writer)
André Téchiné (writer)
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Release Date:
8 December 1976 (France) more
Genre:
Crime | Thriller | Drama | Romance more
Plot:
The story of Barocco is about a girl in love with a boxer. They plan to went abroad after making a lot of money by cheating in a match... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
Unpleasant viewing more (4 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Isabelle Adjani ... Laure

Gérard Depardieu ... Samson / Samson's Killer
Marie-France Pisier ... Nelly
Jean-Claude Brialy ... Walt
Julien Guiomar ... Gauthier
Hélène Surgère ... Antoinette
Jean-François Stévenin ... Jeune homme brun
Peter Bonke ... Acolyte 1
Leny Suck ... Acolyte 2
Elise Hoomans ... Mère de Samson
Frans Vorstman ... Secrétaire
Helmert Woudenberg ... L'emtraineur
Adrian Brine ... L'inspecteur
Truus Dekker ... L'employée
Susan Senduk ... Serveuse B
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Barroco (France) (original script title)
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Parents Guide:
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Runtime:
110 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Argentina:16 | France:-12
Filming Locations:
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Company:
Les Films de la Boétie more

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Movie Connections:
References North by Northwest (1959) more
Soundtrack:
On se voit se voir more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Unpleasant viewing, 14 July 2008
5/10
Author: robert-temple-1 from United Kingdom

This is a strange one. Hyped as a 'variation on Hitchcock's Vertigo', it certainly fails to be that. It is odd to see the very young Isabelle Adjani when she still had puppy fat in her face, as she does not look particularly like Isabelle Adjani at all except in the eyes at that age. It was a big mistake to cast Gerard Depardieu in the role of two characters, one a boxer who is murdered and the other the killer who murdered him for money. When the boxer's girl friend Adjani shows no sign of recognition of Depardieu the killer when they meet, we know the film is hopelessly contrived, because anybody can see that it is Depardieu. This is really stretching things too far. The film is gloomy, washed-out, laden with hopelessness, a bleak vision. Andre Techine the director shows some directorial skill, so that the film is not what one would call 'badly made'. It is instead badly conceived and a failure. Also, it is rather affected to try to achieve some kind of mock-profundity by a 'study' of a girl who wants to get together with the killer of her boy friend. If this is meant to have some deep existential meaning, it flops. The profundity can be measured in millimetres.

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