The Loner (1987) Le solitaire (original title)

Director:

Jacques Deray

Writers:

Alphonse Boudard (adaptation)
Jacques Deray
(more)

Release Date:

18 March 1987 (France)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Swimming Pool | Gambling House | Police Officer Killed | Revenge | Orphan

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo	...	Stan Jalard
Jean-Pierre Malo	...	Charly Schneider
Michel Beaune	...	Le commissaire Pezzoli
Pierre Vernier	...	Maurin
François Dunoyer	...	René Pignon
Franck Ayas	...	Christian
Laurent Gendron	...	Rocky
Jean-Claude de Goros	...	Boulin
Guy Pannequin	...	Sumatra
Patricia Malvoisin	...	Brigitte
André Landais	...	Marc
Alan Coriolan	...	Serge
Carlos Sotto Mayor	...	Eva
Valérie Steffen	...	Carole
Bernard Freyd	...	Le directeur de la P.J.
Luc-Antoine Diquéro	...	Eric
Eric Denize	...	Aldo Benani
Yolanda Jilot	...	Sandra (as Yolande Gilot)
Henri-Jacques Huet	...	Un frère Carmoni
Yves Gabrielli	...	Stazyk
François Marcantoni	...	Louis
Bernard Farcy	...	Un frère Carmoni
Michel Creton	...	Simon
Catherine Rouvel	...	Mia
Evelyne Dress	...	Katia
Marc Lamole	...	Maurice
Patrick Pérez	...	Ossim
Carlo Nell	...	Le patron du bistrot
Henri Attal	...	Le greffier de la prison
Muriel Belmondo	...	La réceptionniste de l'hôtel
Pierre-Octave Arrighi	...	Le moniteur de gym
Guy Matchoro	...	Le camé 'Metropolis'
Mostéfa Stiti	...	Kouebi (as Mostepha Stiti)
Maurice Auzel	...	L'inspecteur O.C.R.B.
Pascal Salicetti	...	Le policier planqué
Lionel Vitrant	...	Le chauffeur de la camionnette
Alexandrie
Muriel Younes	...	La secrétarie de la P.J.

Directed by
Jacques Deray

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alphonse Boudard		adaptation & dialogue
Jacques Deray
Simon Michaël		adaptation
Simon Michaël		dialogue
Simon Michaël
Daniel Saint-Hamont		adaptation & dialogue

Produced by
Alain Belmondo	....	delegate producer
Alain Sarde	....	producer

Original Music by
Danny Shogger		(as Dany Shogger)

Cinematography by
Jean-François Robin

Film Editing by
Henri Lanoë

Casting by
Romain Brémond

Production Design by
Jean-Claude Gallouin

Set Decoration by
Gérard James

Costume Design by
Paulette Breil

Makeup Department
Pascale Bezon	....	makeup artist
Charly Koubesserian	....	makeup artist
Jacques Leymond	....	hair stylist: Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jacqueline Stuffel	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Claude Albouze	....	unit manager
Bernard Bolzinger	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bernard Bolzinger	....	assistant director
Pascal Meynier	....	first assistant director
Frédéric Planchon	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Didier Boudard	....	assistant decorator
Guy Vanderplaetsen	....	property master
Patrick Veron	....	construction coordinator
Catherine Werner Schmit	....	prop buyer

Sound Department
Joël Beldent	....	sound editor
Denis Carquin	....	sound assistant
Daniel Couteau	....	sound effects editor
Pierre Lenoir	....	sound
Gérard Manneveau	....	assistant sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Paul Trielli	....	special effects

Stunts
Claude Carliez	....	stunt coordinator
Rémy Julienne	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean Atanassian	....	gaffer
Claude Bourgoin	....	camera operator
Ariane Damain	....	assistant camera
Bruno Delbonnel	....	assistant camera
Marcel Gellier	....	key grip
Vincent Rossell	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Brigitte Demouzon	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Laure Castelnau	....	assistant editor
Karin Gasser	....	assistant editor
Sylvie Pontoizeau	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Danny Shogger	....	conductor (as Dany Shogger)
Carlos Sotto Mayor	....	singer

Other crew
Nicole Cavillon	....	administrator
Bénédicte Kermadec	....	script supervisor
Jeanne-Marie Liron	....	production secretary
Jean-Charles Maratier	....	weapons supervisor
Louis Trinquier	....	administrator

Production Companies

• Cerito Films
• Sara Films

Distributors

• Jupiter Communications (1987) (worldwide) (all media)
• Mundial Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Le solitaire" - France (original title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:18

Company:

Cerito Films

Movie Connections:

Featured in Les braqueuses (1994)

Soundtrack:

Ecstasy

Doesn't get much worse...

This film is really bad even for 80s Belmondo standards. Story? None. Belmondo is looking for his friends' killer and chases cars, beats up and kills people in the process. At one stage or other the director seemed to have noticed that this wouldn't fill 90 minutes and added the character of a child. So all in all it seems like a tough and nasty version of a 60s Eddie Constantine film. It is interesting though that if you watch the film closely you'll notice that props and cast also feature in some other 80s Belmondo movies. The overall impression is that nothing really seems to fit story wise as well. The whole film seems to be made up of odds and ends. In Germany the film was called The Professional 2- a bit pointless given the fact that the original professional actually dies in the first part.