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Carambolages

  • 19631963
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
857
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POPULARITY
75,327
4,332
Carambolages (1963)
ComedyCrime
The story takes place in a luxury building of about ten floors where the "321" agency has its headquarters. The company watches over the holidays of its customers.The story takes place in a luxury building of about ten floors where the "321" agency has its headquarters. The company watches over the holidays of its customers.The story takes place in a luxury building of about ten floors where the "321" agency has its headquarters. The company watches over the holidays of its customers.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
857
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
75,327
4,332
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    • Director
      • Marcel Bluwal
    • Writers
      • Pierre Tchernia(screenplay)
      • Fred Kassak(novel)
      • Michel Audiard(dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Louis de Funès
      • Jean-Claude Brialy
      • Michel Serrault
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Marcel Bluwal
    • Writers
      • Pierre Tchernia(screenplay)
      • Fred Kassak(novel)
      • Michel Audiard(dialogue)
    • Stars
      • Louis de Funès
      • Jean-Claude Brialy
      • Michel Serrault
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    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Ni vu, ni connu (1958)
    Jean-Claude Brialy and Sophie Daumier in Carambolages (1963)
    Louis de Funès in Carambolages (1963)
    Jean-Claude Brialy in Carambolages (1963)
    Carambolages (1963)
    Carambolages (1963)
    Carambolages (1963)
    Louis de Funès and Jean-Claude Brialy in Carambolages (1963)

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    Louis de Funès
    Louis de Funès
    • Norbert Charolais
    Jean-Claude Brialy
    Jean-Claude Brialy
    • Paul Martin
    Michel Serrault
    Michel Serrault
    • Le commissaire Baudu…
    Sophie Daumier
    Sophie Daumier
    • Solange
    Anne Tonietti
    • Danielle Brossard
    Henri Virlojeux
    • Brossard
    Alfred Adam
    Alfred Adam
    • Hubert Beaumanoir
    Marcelle Arnold
    Marcelle Arnold
    • Mademoiselle Andréa
    René Clermont
    • Frépillon
    Jacques Dynam
    Jacques Dynam
    • Macheron
    Paul Gay
    • Le speaker TV
    Gilberte Géniat
    Gilberte Géniat
    • Madame Brossard
    Jean Ozenne
    • D'Aleyrac
    Guy Bedos
    Guy Bedos
    Marc Arian
    • Un huissier
    • (uncredited)
    André Badin
    • Un représentant de sandales
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Bayard
    • Un représentant
    • (uncredited)
    Marcel Bernier
    Marcel Bernier
    • Un acheteur de journaux
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Marcel Bluwal
    • Writers
      • Pierre Tchernia(screenplay)
      • Fred Kassak(novel)
      • Michel Audiard(dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      Reflecting on the film in a 2014 interview, director Marcel Bluwal recalled that the film shoot was unpleasant and that the finished film is rather unsuccessful.
    • Connections
      References One, Two, Three (1961)

    User reviews3

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    Top review
    6/10
    Corporate Black Comedy of Errors
    Carambolages is a mildly amusing French look at climbing the corporate ladder. Brialy is the subservient brown-nosing youngster who needs quick advancement up the hierarchy to pay for the modern lifestyle he is buying on credit. Seeing that marrying his immediate superior's daughter will not get him the results he wants, he begins plotting the demise of the head of the company. The company itself specializes in holiday travel and unscrupulously brutalizes its customers for maximum profit, spending more thought on publicity gimmicks than customer service, and de Funes is good as the head of the company, perpetually distracted except when scheming to terrorize his customers or to dispose of the man having an affair with his wife. Nothing goes as planned, this being a comedy, but there are enough murderous ploys going around to take out quite a few of Brialy's obstacles. Corporate culture seems to have been branded as a primarily American phenomenon by the U.S. films of the '60s, and this was a refreshingly different view. Not what I consider screamingly funny, but amusing enough, and fun to watch.
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    • Feb 3, 2011

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 15, 1963 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Gaumont (France)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Carom Shots
    • Production companies
      • Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG)
      • Trianon Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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