Regarde les hommes tomber (1994)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Jacques Audiard

Writers:

Jacques Audiard (writer)
Alain Le Henry (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

31 August 1994 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Simon is a sales representative about fifty. When Mickey, his cop friend, is being shot, he leaves everything to find the murderers...

Plot Keywords:

Black Comedy | Based On Novel

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Marx
Jean Yanne	...	Simon
Mathieu Kassovitz	...	Johnny
Bulle Ogier	...	Louise
Christine Pascal	...	Sandrine
Yvon Back	...	Mickey
Yves Verhoeven	...	Homosexual
Marc Citti	...	Informer
Roger Mollien	...	Marlon
Pierre Guillemin	...	Mr. Vernoux
Philippe Du Janerand	...	Merlin
Rywka Wajsbrot	...	Mme Rajenski
Blats	...	Donata
Laurence Bienvenu	...	Nurse
François Toumarkine	...	Hired man #1
Pascal Guégan	...	Hired man #2
Serge Boutleroff	...	Hired man #3
Philippe Collin	...	Man at gambling club
Gilles Fisseau	...	Provocative man
Valérie Gil	...	Sandrine's friend
Lionel Robert	...	Thin man
Hajib Anouar	...	Hotel's manager
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lionel Vitrant	...	L'homme agressé par Marx (uncredited)

Directed by
Jacques Audiard

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jacques Audiard		writer
Alain Le Henry		writer
Teri White		novel "Triangle"

Produced by
Didier Haudepin	....	producer

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Gérard Sterin

Film Editing by
Juliette Welfling

Casting by
Nathalie Cheron

Production Design by
Jacques Rouxel

Costume Design by
Françoise Lefèvre

Makeup Department
Pascale Bouquière	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jean-Christophe Cardineau	....	unit manager
Marc de Bayser	....	production manager
Frank Le Wita	....	production manager
Frantz Richard	....	unit manager
Jean-Luc Roze	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Serge Boutleroff	....	first assistant director
Olivier Coutard	....	second assistant director
Marie-Ange Heinrich	....	assistant director
Marie Legardeur	....	assistant director

Art Department
Olivier Bouet	....	construction crew
Patrick Buisson	....	construction crew
Michel Dalens	....	head painter
Eric Fersing	....	art department assistant
Marc Gaillard	....	painter: Lyon
Frédérique Hurpeau	....	assistant art director
Marie-Claire Lalande	....	art department assistant
Bruno Lousteau	....	construction manager
Gilles Mouchez	....	assistant art director
Michel Racoillet	....	construction crew
Olivier Raoux	....	first assistant decorator
Tony Ribero	....	art department assistant
Julie Sfez	....	set dresser
Jean Clement Steux	....	painter
Philippe Sylvain	....	property master (as Philippe Silvain)

Sound Department
Julie Clemencin	....	assistant sound editor
Monique Dartonne	....	sound editor
Dominique Gaborieau	....	sound re-recording mixer
François Lepeuple	....	foley artist
Fred Mays	....	post-synchronization
François Waledisch	....	sound

Stunts
Daniel Breton	....	stunts
Gilles Conseil	....	stunts
Pascal Guégan	....	stunt coordinator
Alain Guerillot	....	stunts
Christian Henning	....	stunts
Lionel Vitrant	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Lionel Bailly	....	additional electrician
Stephane Canda	....	additional grip
Stephane Cresta	....	key grip (as Stéphane Cresta)
Eric Faure	....	additional electrician
Jean-Pierre Fedrizzi	....	additional electrician
Frédéric Goujon	....	still photographer
Pascal Henin	....	electrician
Christian Hereau	....	gaffer
Florence Moniquet	....	second assistant camera
Jean-Philippe Pasquier	....	additional grip
Michel Pasquier	....	additional grip
Mathieu Schiffman	....	grip
Michel Strasser	....	additional grip
Michel Thimoreau	....	first assistant camera
Michel Védié	....	additional electrician

Casting Department
Catherine Deserbais	....	extras casting
Myrtille Laurent	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Catherine Pasteur	....	assistant costume designer
Véronique Pouzou	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Pierre Berlot	....	color timer
Julie Clemencin	....	assistant editor
Nathalie Duran	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Alexandre Desplat	....	conductor

Other crew
Thierry Debove	....	groupman
Laurent Flaesch	....	animal trainer
Claude Luquet	....	script supervisor
Nicole Magne	....	production secretary
Valérie Niddam	....	production administrator
Frantz Richard	....	location manager
Lenny Rouxel	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• Bloody Mary Productions
• Centre Européen Cinématographique Rhône-Alpes
• France 3 Cinéma

Distributors

• M.I.H.K.
• Synkronized (2007) (USA) (video)

Other Companies

• Arane  titles
• Audiophase  sound mixing
• Cinésyl  grip equipment
• Key Grip Systems  grip equipment
• Multivolts  electrical equipment
• Samuelson Alga Cinéma  camera systems

Also Known As:

See How They Fall

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-14 | Sweden:15

Company:

Bloody Mary Productions

The harder they fall

The very structure of the movie was original.Two apparently distinct plots .

One concerns two guys:Jean Yanne and his friend Mickey who has just been very seriously injured (gangland killing?).He is lying brain dead in a gloomy hospital and his friend keeps on talking to him.

The other one concerns two other guys:Trintignant and Kassovitz.The former spends most of his time with women -although the film has gay accents - ,the latter is a half-wit who has never sex and seems to be the pain in the neck for his mate.

This is par excellence the kind of movie the French critics love: a vague ambiguous screenplay,"deep " "meaningful" frames of mind and even pieces of information in the silent movies tradition.This is also par excellence the kind of movie which makes lots of people take to their heels when they hear about French movies.

Assets: All that concerns the first two guys is in the present tense.The adventures of the two others are a long flashback.Jean Yanne gives a strong performance as a jaded desperate man who's lost his last reason to live.On the other hand ,Trintignant overacts and,for the first time in his brilliant career ,is almost unbearable.

More pretentious than really exciting.