Bonsoir (1994)
Having first lost his wife then his job as a tweed tailor, Alex Ponttin has devised a novel way to keep himself in touch with society. He admits himself into people's homes, by pretending to be a relative or an official, and persuading his victims to give him a night's free board: He finds at first a lunch at the horrible couple Dumont, where a thief follows him for a robbery. Alex spent an evening in front of TV at Marie, mother of seven children. He runs from Marie to find an evening and a new bed at the home of charming but shy lesbian Caroline and her funny lover Gloria. To save her inheritance, Caroline - accused for her homosexuality by her horrible sister Catherine - tells her aunt Amélie, that Gloria is her secretary and Alex her lover. So Alex has to present himself nude in Caroline's bed. He saves Carolines inheritance. The police officers investigating the case are so terminally stupid that Alex has little chance of being arrested.
Director:
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Writers:
Jacques Bacelon, Jean-Pierre Mocky.
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Michel Serrault as Alex Ponttin |
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Marie-Christine Barrault as Marie Wileska |
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Claude Jade as Caroline Winberg |
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Corinne Le Poulain as Gloria |
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Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Inspecteur Bruneau |
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Jean-Pierre Bisson as Marcel Dumont |
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Maaike Jansen as Yvonne |
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Catherine Mouchet as Eugénie |
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Serge Riaboukine as Le père Bonfils |
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Roland Blanche as De Tournefort |
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Jean Abeillé as Commissaire Corbeau |
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Laurence Vincendon as Catherine Winberg |
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Monique Darpy as Amélie Winberg |
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Dominique Zardi as Voisin de Caroline |
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Jean-Pierre Clami as Isidore Balou |
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Georges Lucas as Albert Bouasse |
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Lauren Grandt as Greta |
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Henri Attal as Le chasseur |
| Production | Jean-Pierre Mocky | Producer |
| Editing | Jean-Pierre Mocky | Editor |
| Art | Clorinde Méry | Production Design |
| Writing | Jacques Bacelon | Screenplay |
| Camera | Edmond Richard | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Martine Rapin | Costume Design |
| Writing | Jean-Pierre Mocky | Screenplay |
| Sound | Vladimir Cosma | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Jean-Pierre Mocky | Director |
| Writing | André Ruellan | Novel |