Les portes de la gloire (2001)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Christian Merret-Palmair

Writers:

Pascal Lebrun (writer)
Christian Merret-Palmair (writer)

Release Date:

13 June 2001 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Door To Door Salesman | Russian Roulette | Salesman | Car Accident | Swimming Pool

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Benoît Poelvoorde	...	Régis Demanet
Michel Duchaussoy	...	Balzac
Etienne Chicot	...	Patrick Sergent
Yvon Back	...	Michel Moineau
Julien Boisselier	...	Jérôme Le Tallec
Jean-Luc Bideau	...	Paul Beaumont
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jacques Bondoux
Edwin Gerard
Henriette Palazzi
Arlette Renard
Sophie Schneider

Also Known As:

Doors of Glory (International: English title)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:U | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud)

Company:

Artémis Productions

Movie Connections:

Features The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

The gates of vulgarity.

I wonder why Michel Duchaussoy who used to work with such directors as Claude Chabrol and Alain Jessua has agreed to take part in this vulgar comedy.The real funny moments are few and far between ,and however ,the subject (the salesmen trying to send their lousy books to naive people) was ideal -one can only dream of what a Billy Wilder could have done with it.And the excerpts from "bridge on the river Kwai" do not bring anything at all except that David Lean was great. Nothing is here.