The Bottom Line (1976)
"On aura tout vu" (original title)

An advertising photographer (Francois) has agreed to sell the poetic script of one of his friends to a porn-maker without his knowledge. But Christine, Francois' fiance, doesn't want him to... See full summary »

Director:

Georges Lautner

Writer:

Francis Veber

Stars:

Pierre Richard, Miou-Miou, Jean-Pierre Marielle

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pierre Richard	...	François
Miou-Miou	...	Christine
Jean-Pierre Marielle	...	Morlock
Renée Saint-Cyr	...	Mme Ferroni
Gérard Jugnot	...	Ploumenech
Sabine Azéma	...	Mlle Claude Ferroni
Gérard Chambre	...	Aldo
Arlette Emmery	...	La secrétaire
Valérie Mairesse	...	Pierrette
Jean Michaud	...	M. Ferroni
Jean Luisi	...	Jules Sliman
Maitena Galli	...	Mona Duroc
Michel Blanc	...	Un copain du café-théâtre
Francis Lax	...	L'automobiliste malchanceux
Henri Guybet	...	Mercier

Storyline

An advertising photographer (Francois) has agreed to sell the poetic script of one of his friends to a porn-maker without his knowledge. But Christine, Francois' fiance, doesn't want him to do so, especially when the naive friend has succeeded in recruiting the young daughter of his employer to play in (he thinks) a love movie.

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Plot Keywords:

pornographer

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

November 1978 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Bottom Line

Filming Locations:

Studios de la Victorine - 16 avenue Edoard Grinda, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gaumont International, Production 2000

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

User Reviews

One of the very fine comic films with Pierre Richard

Pierre Richard make a lot of very good comic films between 1970 and 1990 and I think he's among the greatest comic stars of the history of French cinema, among with Christian Clavier, Louis DeFunes, Fernandel and Bourvil. Under the direction of Edouard Molinaro, Yves Robert, Gérard Oury, the great great Francis Veber or Pierre Richard himself, the comedian shows us a ordinary guy character, clumsy, sometimes shy, full of good intentions, but not where he should be. He looks a bit like the characters Harold Lloyd plays in the silent movies era. Most of these films are short (1 hour 30) and full of very funny jokes. A lot of them were badly remake by Hollywood: Le grand blond, La chèvre, Le jouet, Les compères, les Fugitifs) This one was not his most popular film of the 1970's, but it's one of my favorite. Pierre Richard plays a photograph who madly wants to be a movie director, and he accepts to adapt a melodrama, written by one of his friends, into a porn movie. Lots of very funny dialogues, are hilarious situations. And for a +, see charming young Miou-Miou playing the girlfriend of Pierre Richard