Cauchemar (1980)

Director:

Noël Simsolo

Writer:

Noël Simsolo

Stars:

Hélène Surgère, Béatrice Bruno, Pierre Clémenti

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hélène Surgère	...	Barbra
Béatrice Bruno	...	Magdalena
Pierre Clémenti	...	Victor
Philippe Chemin	...	Werner / Le jeune homme
Dominique Erlanger	...	Clara
Stéphane Shandor	...	Grégory
Lino Léonardi	...	Raymond
Monique Morelli	...	Nana
René Andreani	...	Pierrot
André Thorent	...	Hugo
Marie-Georges Pascal	...	Lydia
Monique Mélinand	...	Gelinotte
Chantal Delsaux	...	La femme terrain vague
Patrick Morell	...	(as Patrick Morelli)
Danièle Dubroux

Storyline

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

24 December 1980 (France)

Also Known As:

Nightmare

Company Credits

Production Co:

Diagonale

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

User Reviews

Nightmare :not a misnomer.

This movie itself is a nightmare:I dare you to stay till the end.The story is so muddled and the treatment so dull that one wonders why money can be spent to produce such duds.

The late Pierre Clementi,dressed as a chauffeur during the whole film ,is chasing a girl who was a famous virtuoso and who disappeared after a car wreck.Flashbacks here and there tell us she had a brother ,a musician too,who died in the accident( or killed by the villains?)Clementi kills all those who are unfortunate enough to hang around the cafe where the heroine accompanies a chanteuse on the piano(played by a true chanteuse,Monique Morelli:her song is the only good moment in the whole flick).The screenplay includes Belgian comic strips ,educated barflies,pimps and hookers,unscrupulous producers(?),and fills its quota of blood (but sex is almost absent).