The miserable football player becomes a town hero after bringing victory in extremely important game. He uses his fame for revenge to the team star for the previous mockeries.
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Title: Hothead (1979)
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| Patrick Dewaere | ... | François Perrin | |
| France Dougnac | ... | Stéphanie | |
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Dorothée Jemma | ... | Marie |
| Maurice Barrier | ... | Berri, le patron du 'Penalty' | |
| Robert Dalban | ... | Jeanjean, le vieux dirigeant | |
| Mario David | ... | Rumin, le kinési | |
| Hubert Deschamps | ... | Le directeur de la prison | |
| Dora Doll | ... | La religieuse en chef | |
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François Dyrek | ... | Le chauffeur du premier camion |
| Patrick Floersheim | ... | Berthier | |
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Michel Fortin | ... | Langlumey |
| Jacques Frantz | ... | Le chauffeur du second camion | |
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Gérard Hernandez | ... | L'inspecteur |
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Claude Legros | ... | Poilane, le serveur |
| Corinne Marchand | ... | Madame Sivardière | |
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François Perrin plays football at the AS Trincamp. During a training session, he gets into a fight with Bertier, the team's star, and is ordered off the field. The club's boss, who is also a powerful businessman, takes advantage of the situation and sacks him... But Perrin's revenge will be sweet. Written by L.H. Wong <lhw@sfs.org.sg>
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male frontal nudity | revenge | pubic hair | male pubic hair | female nudity |Certificate:
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In Spain the movie was dubbed twice. First on its theatrical release in 1982, and again in 2013 when it was release for the first time on DVD. The 1982 dubbing can only be found on the 80s VHS. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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FranceRelease Date:
14 February 1979 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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A wonderful and little-known film, starring the late, great Patrick DaWaere as a hot-headed young man who works in a French factory town where the town's morale is intimately linked to the football (i.e. soccer) team. To be on the team and work in the factory are all there is in this town.
When the star of the team commits a crime, the town's most powerful citizens decide that someone else must take the blame, because they can't afford to lose the culprit from the team... it would be bad for business. So they scapegoat the hot-head, instead. But he returns to wreak his revenge... or rather, to outwit the guilty into wreaking revenge on themselves for him.
An unusual film for Annaud, a typically brilliant piece of scripting by Veber, and a thoroughly engaging performance by DaWaere as the wronged man. Whatever happened to this movie?