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Tandem

  • 19871987
  • 1h 26m
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Tandem (1987)
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Michel Mortez is going to and fro France to compere a radio game he created 25 years ago. He is famous among the average Frenchmen. But he is also a poker. Rivetot, his assistant and technic... Read allMichel Mortez is going to and fro France to compere a radio game he created 25 years ago. He is famous among the average Frenchmen. But he is also a poker. Rivetot, his assistant and technician, always goes with him. He is the only one to know what really lies under Mortez's appe... Read allMichel Mortez is going to and fro France to compere a radio game he created 25 years ago. He is famous among the average Frenchmen. But he is also a poker. Rivetot, his assistant and technician, always goes with him. He is the only one to know what really lies under Mortez's appearance of playful don Juan. When the programme is condemned by the managers, Rivetot delay... Read all
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    • Patrice Leconte
    • Patrice Leconte(scenario and dialogue)
    • Patrick Dewolf(scenario and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Gérard Jugnot
    • Jean Rochefort
    • Sylvie Granotier
    • Patrice Leconte
    • Patrice Leconte(scenario and dialogue)
    • Patrick Dewolf(scenario and dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Gérard Jugnot
    • Jean Rochefort
    • Sylvie Granotier
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    • 6User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Gérard Jugnot
    Gérard Jugnot
    • Rivetot
    Jean Rochefort
    Jean Rochefort
    • Michel Marteau dit Michel Mortez
    Sylvie Granotier
    • La libraire
    Julie Jézéquel
    • La serveuse Hôtel de la Gare
    Jean-Claude Dreyfus
    Jean-Claude Dreyfus
    • Le conseiller
    Marie Pillet
    • La patronne Hôtel du Commerce
    Albert Delpy
    Albert Delpy
    • Le conducteur chien rouge
    Gabriel Gobin
    Gabriel Gobin
    • Le vieux barman
    Jacques Rousselot
    • Monsieur Vaillant
    Pierre-François Dumeniaud
    Pierre-François Dumeniaud
    • Le patron Hôtel du Commerce
    Ged Marlon
    • Gora, le pique-niqueur
    Françoise Baut
    • Madame Meurisse
    Eric Bérenger
    • Le journaliste
    Philippe Dormoy
    • Le journaliste Hôtel du Commerce
    Maryline Even
    • La serveuse Hôtel des Grands Hommes
    Catherine Ferrière
    • La réceptionniste Hôtel des 3 Frèes
    Richard Fiardo
    • Le réparateur ascenseur
    Nathalie Frémont
    • Jeune fille podium
      • Patrice Leconte
      • Patrice Leconte(scenario and dialogue)
      • Patrick Dewolf(scenario and dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      Second film for Jean Rochefort with director Patrice Leconte. In the first one Les vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur (1976), human relations between the two were a catastrophe. No problem this time.
    • Connections
      Featured in Fresh Bait (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Il mio rifugio
      Music by François Bernheim

      Lyrics by Riccardo Cocciante (as Richard Cocciante) and Gaio Chiocchio

      Performed by Riccardo Cocciante (as Richard Cocciante)

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    A masterpiece !
    Mortez (Rochefort) is a famous ageing radio game host who spend his life on the road, going from town to town for his show, with his younger sidekick Rivetot (Jugnot). The show is their whole life, until the radio station decides to cancel it... "Tandem" is a tragedy, a comedy, a road-movie and a tale in the same package. The background manages to be both hyperrealistic (it depicts a gloomy provincial life and is inspired by a real game show that still exists today) and fantastic (surreal events abound, like the mysterious red dog Rivetot keeps seeing). Rochefort is simply great as the charming but obsessive Mortez who will never surrender. Jugnot, as the subdued sidekick that has trouble living without his mentor, delivers a strong performance far from his usual slapstick roles. Both make a heartbreaking, unforgettable tandem and the movie is one of the masterpieces of the 80's.
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      • June 17, 1987 (France)
      • France
      • French
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      • Place Georges Clemenceau, Orange, Vaucluse, France
    • Production companies
      • Cinéa
      • Films A2
      • Hachette Première
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    • 1 hour 26 minutes
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