Poulet au vinaigre (1985)
In een klein, warm en vredig provinciestadje smeulen de passies. De tirannieke Madame Cuno, machteloos, weigert haar huis te verkopen aan drie ongeduldige notabelen, waardoor hun prachtige vastgoedproject wordt geblokkeerd. Zijn zoon, Louis, is op de hoogte van vele geheimen, in zijn hoedanigheid van een tactloze postbode die niet aarzelt om de hem toevertrouwde brieven te openen. Daarom besluit hij te reageren op de onophoudelijke druk van de initiatiefnemers door ieders tekortkomingen uit te buiten. Op een nacht goot hij suiker in de tank van de auto van een van hen, Filiol. De volgende dag stierf hij bij een verkeersongeval. Inspecteur Lavardin wordt ter plaatse gestuurd...
Regiseur: Claude Chabrol
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Jean Poiret as Inspecteur Jean Lavardin |
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Stéphane Audran as Madame Cuno |
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Michel Bouquet as Hubert Lavoisier |
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Lucas Belvaux as Louis Cuno |
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Jean Topart as Docteur Philippe Morasseau |
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Pauline Lafont as Henriette |
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Caroline Cellier as Anna Foscarie |
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Josephine Chaplin as Delphine Moreasseau |
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Andrée Tainsy as Marthe |
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Jean-Claude Bouillaud as Gérard Filiol |
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Jacques Frantz as Alexandre Duteil |
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Dominique Zardi as Henri Rieutord, Chef de Poste |
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Henri Attal as L'Employé de la Morgue |
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Albert Dray as André, le Barman |
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Marcel Guy as Le Maître d'Hôtel |
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Jean-Marie Arnoux as Le Client du Café |
| Writing | Dominique Roulet | Novel |
| Editing | Monique Fardoulis | Editor |
| Sound | Matthieu Chabrol | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Claude Chabrol | Director |
| Production | Marin Karmitz | Producer |
| Camera | Jean Rabier | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Dominique Roulet | Writer |
| Writing | Claude Chabrol | Writer |
| Sound | Michel Ganot | Conductor |
| Camera | Dominique Robert | Grip |
| Production | Marguerite Lemarchand | Production Secretary |
| Art | Pierre Galliard | Property Master |
| Directing | Aurore Chabrol | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brigitte Delouis | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Eva Simonet | Publicist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacques Clemente | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Jean-Baptiste Dutreix | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Claude Rouxel | Electrician |
| Camera | Michel Thiriet | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Pierre-François Dumeniaud | Assistant Director |
| Art | Elizabeth Desouches | Assistant Production Design |
| Directing | Michel Dupuy | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jean-Bernard Thomasson | Sound Engineer |
| Lighting | Jean Fleury | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giselle Hadjadj | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alice Schwartz | Hairstylist |
| Editing | Angela Braga-Mermet | Assistant Editor |
| Directing | Aurore Chabrol | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jean-Pierre Duret | Sound Assistant |
| Lighting | Maurice Estival | Electrician |
| Production | Bernard Morel | Unit Manager |
| Camera | Micheline Pelletier | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Jean-Marc Rabier | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine Bouteille | Costumer |
| Production | Sylvie Chevereau-Marchais | Administration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Magali Fustier-Dray | Costume Design |
| Art | Françoise Benoît-Fresco | Production Design |
| Production | Catherine Lapoujade | Production Manager |