Kiusanhenki

Name: L'emmerdeur
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1974-12-25
Duration: 1 h 25 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Caroline Cellier

Original title: L'emmerdeur

19731973
K-16K-16
1h 25m

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7.1/10

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Comedy

Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become neurotic after his wife left him.Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become neurotic after his wife left him.Ralf Milan, a hitman, arrives in Montpellier to kill an important witness. He checks in a hotel without knowing that his neighbour has become neurotic after his wife left him.

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

37,473

739

Director
- Édouard Molinaro
Writer
- Francis Veber(play "Le contrat")
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Jacques Brel and Lino Ventura in Kiusanhenki (1973)

Jean-Pierre Darras and Lino Ventura in Kiusanhenki (1973)

Jacques Brel and Caroline Cellier in Kiusanhenki (1973)

Jean-Pierre Darras in Kiusanhenki (1973)

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Trivia
The Director, Edouard Molinaro plays the barman of the coffee shop. And there's a moment that he's got a vinyl disc of Jacques Brel in his hands.

Goofs
A door is blocked with a chair under the handle. Unfortunately no one of the movie crew noticed or seems to have bothered that the door opens the other way.

Connections
Featured in Francis Veber artisan du rire: La saga Pignon (2001)

Soundtracks
La Scocciatrice (L'Emmerdeuse)
Written by François Rauber and Jacques Brel
Accordion by Marcel Azzola (uncredited)

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10/10

Classic Black Comedy

This is one of those films that is so funny, it makes you (well me anyway) smile just to remember it.

The essential storyline is of a professional hitman and a guy that he finds he can not get rid of. (The English translation of the title is pain-in-the-behind.)

This is black comedy done to perfection with a brilliant gradual build-up. It starts straight-faced so, if you do not know what you are watching, it could be any old thriller. Gradually the gags come in until it reaches a manic pace.

The two stars are the completely deadpan Lino Ventura and the songwriter Jacques Brel.

It is sadly under-rated and hard-to-find. Seek it out!

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