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Banzaï

  • 19831983
  • 1h 42m
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Coluche in Banzaï (1983)
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Michel Bernardin works at Planet Assistance, who helps Frenchmen who are in trouble in foreign countries.Michel Bernardin works at Planet Assistance, who helps Frenchmen who are in trouble in foreign countries.Michel Bernardin works at Planet Assistance, who helps Frenchmen who are in trouble in foreign countries.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
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POPULARITY
100,323
19,973
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    • Director
      • Claude Zidi
    • Writers
      • Claude Zidi(screenplay)
      • Didier Kaminka(adaptation)
      • Michel Fabre(adaptation)
    • Stars
      • Coluche
      • Valérie Mairesse
      • Didier Kaminka
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Claude Zidi
    • Writers
      • Claude Zidi(screenplay)
      • Didier Kaminka(adaptation)
      • Michel Fabre(adaptation)
    • Stars
      • Coluche
      • Valérie Mairesse
      • Didier Kaminka
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 2User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews

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    Bande-annonce [OV]
    Trailer 2:34
    Bande-annonce [OV]

    Photos15

    Banzaï (1983)
    Coluche in Banzaï (1983)
    Coluche and Éva Darlan in Banzaï (1983)
    Coluche and Didier Kaminka in Banzaï (1983)
    Coluche in Banzaï (1983)
    Coluche and Valérie Mairesse in Banzaï (1983)
    Coluche in Banzaï (1983)
    Coluche in Banzaï (1983)
    Coluche and Jean-Marie Proslier in Banzaï (1983)
    Coluche and Valérie Mairesse in Banzaï (1983)
    Coluche and Éva Darlan in Banzaï (1983)
    Coluche in Banzaï (1983)

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    Coluche
    Coluche
    • Michel Bernardin
    Valérie Mairesse
    Valérie Mairesse
    • Isabelle Parisse
    Didier Kaminka
    Didier Kaminka
    • Le cousin Paul
    François Perrot
    François Perrot
    • Le patron de Mondial S.O.S.
    Jean-Marie Proslier
    • Le businessman du Concorde
    Marthe Villalonga
    Marthe Villalonga
    • La mère de Michel
    Éva Darlan
    Éva Darlan
    • Carole, la doctoresse
    • (as Eva Darlan)
    Baaron
    • Chef de la junte
    Madeleine Barbulée
    • Vieille dame avion
    Aline Bertrand
    • Vieille dame pavillon
    Pierre Bruneau
    • Commerçant
    André Chaumeau
    • Vendeur meubles
    Ham Chau Luong
    • Pilote japonais
    • (as Luong Ham-Chau)
    Jean-Claude Martin
    • Père Julien
    Bernard Rousselet
    • Chef du personnel
    Annie Savarin
    • Commerçante
    Kaddy Thiam
    • Infirmière noire
    Umban U'kset
    • Médecin chef noir
    • Director
      • Claude Zidi
    • Writers
      • Claude Zidi(screenplay) (adaptation) (dialogue)
      • Didier Kaminka(adaptation) (dialogue)
      • Michel Fabre(adaptation) (dialogue)
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    Storyline

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    • Connections
      Referenced in The Executioner of Hearts (1983)

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    7/10
    I miss Coluche, I miss the 80s (TV)
    In other words, i miss compassionate, engaged artist, light comedies about the usual, common people ! Compared to today world, we are living on a different planet where actual artists are hypocritical impostors and comedies, the playground for upper classes ! Here, Coluche plays a racist, nationalist insurance clerk who is compelled to travel all around the world without telling his girlfriend : so he has rescue missions in Maghreb, NYC, Afrika and Hong Kong. So, what's reveals Zidi as a great director for comedy is the fact that he always find the essential and original backbone to tie all the funny moments ! In addition, it has nothing to do with spoofs and it's mean, the natural state of comedy ! Maybe the movie is uneven with the NYC trip being the more surrealist with its desert and chilly Harlem but Coluche and Mairesse, his old girlfriend, plays with deep talent and real complicity so it's really a good, nostalgic time with it ! (and don't miss James Bond's team behind the « awesome » special effects !)
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    • Dec 19, 2015

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    • Release date
      • March 23, 1983 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Ticket ins Chaos
    • Filming locations
      • 67 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris 8, Paris, France
    • Production company
      • Renn Productions
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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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