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Ça va faire mal

  • 19821982
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
3.8/10
74
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Ça va faire mal (1982)
Comedy
A film producer on the verge of ruin decides to make an erotic film.A film producer on the verge of ruin decides to make an erotic film.A film producer on the verge of ruin decides to make an erotic film.
IMDb RATING
3.8/10
74
YOUR RATING
    • Jean-François Davy
    • Jean-François Davy
  • Stars
    • Daniel Ceccaldi
    • Bernard Menez
    • Henri Guybet
    • Jean-François Davy
    • Jean-François Davy
  • Stars
    • Daniel Ceccaldi
    • Bernard Menez
    • Henri Guybet
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    • 3User reviews
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    Daniel Ceccaldi
    Daniel Ceccaldi
    • Léopold
    Bernard Menez
    Bernard Menez
    • François Léaud
    Henri Guybet
    Henri Guybet
    • Vladimir
    Caroline Berg
    Caroline Berg
    • Paméla
    Patrice Minet
    • Valentin
    Kathie Kriegel
    • Athalie
    • (as Katie Kriegel)
    Hubert Deschamps
    Hubert Deschamps
    • Henri Marcel…
    Corinne Corson
    • Lily, la maquilleuse
    Bernard Cazassus
    • Le garagiste
    Marie-Pierre Casey
    • Madeleine, la bonne de Léopold
    Pierre Doris
    • Le vétérinaire
    Gérard Croce
    • Monsieur Bouboule
    Bernard Musson
    • Monsieur Ficelle
    Lucien Jérôme
    • Le 3ème collègue de Léopold
    Sylvie Schmidt
    • Fabienne
    Eloïse Beaune
    • Cynthia
    Juliette Degenne
    • France
    Philippe Manesse
    • Richard
      • Jean-François Davy
      • Jean-François Davy
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    • Crazy credits
      The end credits show the actors recording the title song "Ca va faire mal" in a recording studio.
    • Connections
      References Battleship Potemkin (1925)

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    3/10
    A sex farce with no sex and very little farce...
    A French Ed Wood, an ugly byproduct of the New Wave, produces and directs artsy films that no one cares to see. One day, a wacky tax auditor (Ceccaldi) demands to look at his accounting books. The auditor spots a lot of awkward fraud attempts and tells the filmmaker (Guybet) that he's in deep crap. Desperate for money, he confides his problems to a car mechanic who tells him that he'd like to invest 150 000 francs in an art film, but in an art film with some "meat in action". That night, the mechanic knocks on Guybet's door. He has the money... but also a big wound in his gut. He dies. Guybet hides the body under his bed, then in his car's trunk. Of course, Guybet is much too dumb and his attempts to get rid of the corpse all fail. He hires a reputed artsy director (Menez) to make the film. They have to shoot it in three days, and with a minimum of frills (all of the film's frills are the pieces of lingerie... and all of the thrills too). By now, the cadaver is in Guybet's bed and Guybet's wife and star is sleeping with the auditor. A grenade explodes on the set and the whole gang goes to Heaven, where God asks Guybet to shoot a movie for him and Ceccaldi to look at his books. To top it all, the stars all sing a tacky disco song during the final credits.

    Two original ideas, later reprised more successfully by more talented people: The corpse as a key character (remember Bernie?) and the man crazy about his pet fish (remember Wanda?).

    The acting is the worst thing in this flick. Guybet is simply terrible as the producer, and it's really no wonder that his career as a comic leading man died along with this turkey. The man has no flair for screwball comedy; his real talent is as a straight man, like in The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob. Menez plays Menez, which is even worse. Only Ceccaldi is okay.
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    • Dec 8, 2000

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    • Release date
      • July 21, 1982 (France)
      • France
      • French
    • Production companies
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      • Hélios Production
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    • 1 hour 25 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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