Lucien is a dwarf, who works hard in a large legal office. His only friend is trapeze circus artist Isis. One day he gets the attention of singer Paola Bendoni and falls in love with her.
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Title: The Red Dwarf (1998)
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Cast
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| Jean-Yves Tual | ... | Lucien L'Hotte (as Jean-Yves Thual) | |
| Anita Ekberg | ... | Paola Bendoni | |
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Dyna Gauzy | ... | Isis Colombe |
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Michel Peyrelon | ... | D'Urbino (Circus Director) |
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Arno Chevrier | ... | Bob |
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Carlo Colombaioni | ... | Cavallo |
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Alain Flick | ... | Picot |
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Alexandre von Sivers | ... | Lambert |
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Dirk Lavryssen | ... | Head of the office |
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Cyril Casmèze | ... | The zoomorph |
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Sophie Ladmiral | ... | Woman with fishnet stockings |
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Pierre Kudlak | ... | Man with the whip |
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Yvette Merlin | ... | The old mother |
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Karl Charnak | ... | Bartender |
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Maria Ducceschi | ... | Cleaning lady |
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Lucien is a dwarf, who works hard in a large legal office. His only friend is trapeze circus artist Isis. One day he gets the attention of singer Paola Bendoni and falls in love with her. Written by Anonymous
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dwarf | trapeze | circus | last film role for actress | woman strangled to death |Taglines:
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Release Date:
18 June 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$3,979, 20 June 1999Gross USA:
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The first third of this film was very interesting, but mainly because of the good black-and- white closeup photography in that first 30-45 minutes. Then the story began to get very distasteful with characters I could not care about, and I doubt most people could.
The story is a bit disjointed and sordid about a dwarf who has some sort of relationship with a older, fat and married woman, all the while he is serving divorce papers....at least that's what it sounded like. It wasn't all that clear after an hour, and by then I had lost interest trying figure everything out. In the meantime, the dwarf also was attracted to this little girl at the circus. It's all very strange....and not a satisfying story.
One review I read somewhere said this film reminded him of early David Lynch movies, and I think that's an apt description. I love a couple of Lynch films, but some of his stuff stinks, too. (i.e. Eraserhead, Lost Highway, to name two).