Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés
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Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés is a French film
directed by Stéphane Clavier in 2003.
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by Stéphane Clavier in 2003.
Synopsis
Accounts expert Edgar Lamark is auditing the naval base of Thierry Ferrand on the Côte d'Azur is offered a prostitute recruited from a special website, but has to get ready of the body of her previous client.Technical details
- Title : Lovely Rita, sainte patronne des cas désespérés
- Director: Stéphane Clavier
- Writer : Inspired by the crime novel by Benjamin Legrand (Série noireSérie noireSérie noire is a French publishing imprint, founded in 1945 by Marcel Duhamel. It has released a collection of crime fiction of the hardboiled detective thrillers variety published by Gallimard....
) - Producers: Christian ClavierChristian ClavierChristian Clavier is a French actor. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier.-Biography:After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lycée Pasteur—though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris —he started his acting career with the...
and Alain Doutey - Country of origin : FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
- Length : 80 minutes
- Release: 24 (France)
Starring
- Christian ClavierChristian ClavierChristian Clavier is a French actor. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier.-Biography:After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lycée Pasteur—though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris —he started his acting career with the...
: Edgar Lamarck - Eddy MitchellEddy MitchellEddy Mitchell is a French singer and actor. He began his career in the late 1950s, with the group Les Chaussettes Noires , taking his name from the American expatriate tough-guy actor Eddie Constantine...
: Thierry Ferrand - Arielle DombasleArielle DombasleArielle Dombasle is a French-American singer, actress, director and model. Her breakthrough roles were in Éric Rohmer's Pauline at the Beach and Alain Robbe-Grillet's The Blue Villa...
: Mlle Lecas - Julie Gayet : Rita
- Pierre MondyPierre MondyPierre Mondy, whose real name was Pierre Cuq, born 10 February 1925 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French actor and director.He began his film career in 1949 and has appeared in over 140 films. In 1960, he received international revcognition for the role of Napoléon Bonaparte in the film Austerlitz...
: Marcel - Marthe VillalongaMarthe VillalongaMarthe Villalonga , is a French actress. She has appeared in 93 films between 1963 and 2008.She was born in Fort-de-l'Eau, Algeria.-External links:...
: Renée - Jean-Claude DreyfusJean-Claude DreyfusJean-Claude Dreyfus is a French actor. He began his career in film acting in 1973 in the film Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard. Dreyfus is notable for his portrayal of a butcher in the black comedy Delicatessen by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet...
: L’antiquaire - Arnaud Giovaninetti : Kevin
- Yan Dron : Franck
- Christian Gazio : José
About the film
- The idea for the film was raised by Christian ClavierChristian ClavierChristian Clavier is a French actor. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier.-Biography:After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lycée Pasteur—though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris —he started his acting career with the...
after having read the crime novel Lovely Rita by Benjamin Legrand - Reviews were very poor, and the film was a commercial failure.
- The director Stéphane Clavier is the brother of the actor and writer Christian ClavierChristian ClavierChristian Clavier is a French actor. He is the brother of French film director Stéphane Clavier.-Biography:After his high class studies at the Neuilly Lycée Pasteur—though asserted here and there, he never studied at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris —he started his acting career with the...
and the nephew of producer Yves Rousset-Rouard. - The title of the film is a reference to Rita of CasciaRita of CasciaSaint Rita of Cascia is an Italian Augustinian saint.-Early life:St. Rita was born at Roccaporena near Spoleto, Umbria, Italy....
, who is actually the saint of desperate cases.