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 ...
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| Gérard Jugnot | ... | Rivetot | |
| Jean Rochefort | ... | Michel Marteau dit Michel Mortez | |
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Sylvie Granotier | ... | Bookseller |
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Julie Jézéquel | ... | Waitress at Hotel de la Gare |
| Jean-Claude Dreyfus | ... | Adviser | |
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Marie Pillet | ... | Proprietress of Hotel du Commerce |
| Albert Delpy | ... | Driver red dog | |
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Gabriel Gobin | ... | Old barman |
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Jacques Rousselot | ... | Monsieur Vaillant |
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Pierre-François Dumeniaud | ... | Proprietor of Hotel du Commerce |
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Ged Marlon | ... | Picknicker |
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Françoise Baut | ... | Madame Meurisse |
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Eric Bérenger | ... | Reporter |
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Philippe Dormoy | ... | Reporter at Hotel du Commerce |
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Maryline Even | ... | Waitress at Hotel des Grands Hommes |
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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 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 delays as long as possible the moment he will have to announce it to Mortez... Both malicious and tender, this bitter comedy also shows nostalgia. Written by Yepok
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
17 June 1987 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Ein unzertrennliches Gespann See more »Company Credits
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Music by François Bernheim
Lyrics by Riccardo Cocciante
Performed by Riccardo Cocciante
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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. See more »Soundtracks
Il mio rifugioMusic by François Bernheim
Lyrics by Riccardo Cocciante
Performed by Riccardo Cocciante
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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.