A man who finds there is another world to the one we know.A man who finds there is another world to the one we know.A man who finds there is another world to the one we know.
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José Lifante
- Commissaire
- (as Jose Ruiz Lifante)
Jeannine Mestre
- Infirmière
- (as Jeanine Mestre)
Conxita Bardem
- Gran Via Hotel réceptionniste
- (as Conchita Bardem)
Carlos Lucena
- Coiffeur
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaJacques Deray decided to put every one in an uncomfortable feeling during the shooting, especially Lino Ventura, giving him the lines to learn without explanation, on purpose, to help everyone in the crew to immerse into the complexity and mystery of the intrigue. Ventura rarely spoke to anyone between scenes, glued to his character, a man prisoner of a spider's web, but at the end of the shooting he claimed that the experience was real fun for him. Jacques Deray was surprised by this.
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Jacques Deray's most ambitious film.
The plot outline on the IMDB page is about a "young man" ,which does not exactly describes Lino Ventura who was nearing 60 when this movie was made.
This is minor quibble:"Un papillon sur l'épaule" is by far Deray's most ambitious work.A thoroughly abstract thriller,we never know what is all about.There's a search for a mysterious small suitcase ,and the hero seems to be caught in a cobweb,like a Kafka character.The enemy remains invisible ,the screenplay always refers to "they " "them" "the others" "these people".Who are they?Why are they killing? (there are many murders in this movie)What do they want?
Actually the subject had already been treated in the past,and with better results.Henri-Georges Clouzot pulled it off brilliantly with his most underrated oeuvre "les espions" (1957,"diabolique" follow-up),and of course,we will not forget Orson Welles' "the trial" (1963).As far directing is concerned,Deray is no match for these two giants.But his attempt is commendable and will reward you more than the Delon/Belmondo cop stories he too often filmed.
This is minor quibble:"Un papillon sur l'épaule" is by far Deray's most ambitious work.A thoroughly abstract thriller,we never know what is all about.There's a search for a mysterious small suitcase ,and the hero seems to be caught in a cobweb,like a Kafka character.The enemy remains invisible ,the screenplay always refers to "they " "them" "the others" "these people".Who are they?Why are they killing? (there are many murders in this movie)What do they want?
Actually the subject had already been treated in the past,and with better results.Henri-Georges Clouzot pulled it off brilliantly with his most underrated oeuvre "les espions" (1957,"diabolique" follow-up),and of course,we will not forget Orson Welles' "the trial" (1963).As far directing is concerned,Deray is no match for these two giants.But his attempt is commendable and will reward you more than the Delon/Belmondo cop stories he too often filmed.
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By what name was Un papillon sur l'épaule (1978) officially released in India in English?
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