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Director:
Patrice Leconte
Writers:
Patrick Dewolf (writer)
Patrice Leconte (writer)
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Release Date:
17 June 1987 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
A masterpiece ! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Gérard Jugnot ... Rivetot
Jean Rochefort ... Michel Marteau dit Michel Mortez
Sylvie Granotier ... Bookseller
Julie Jézéquel ... Waitress at Hotel de la Gare

Jean-Claude Dreyfus ... Adviser
Marie Pillet ... Proprietress of Hotel du Commerce
Albert Delpy ... Driver red dog
Gabriel Gobin ... Old barman
Jacques Rousselot ... Monsieur Vaillant
Pierre-François Dumeniaud ... Proprietor of Hotel du Commerce
Ged Marlon ... Picknicker
Françoise Baut ... Madame Meurisse
Eric Bérenger ... Reporter
Philippe Dormoy ... Reporter at Hotel du Commerce
Marilyne Even ... Waitress at Hotel des Grands Hommes
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Additional Details

Runtime:
86 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Certification:
Sweden:7
Company:
Cinéa more

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Movie Connections:
Featured in L'appât (1995) more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
A masterpiece !, 22 October 1999
Author: Gilles Tran from Paris, France

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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