Vincent, François, Paul and the others

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Movie
German title Vincent, François, Paul and the others
Original title Vincent, François, Paul… et les autres
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 1974
length 113 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Claude Sautet
script Claude Sautet
Jean-Loup Dabadie
Claude Néron
production Raymond Danon
Roland Girard
music Philippe Sarde
camera Jean Boffety
cut Jacqueline Thiédot
occupation
synchronization

Vincent, Francois, Paul and the other is a French film drama by Claude Sautet from the year 1974 . It is based on the novel La grande marrade by Claude Néron .

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Vincent owns a precision engineering company, François works as a doctor and Paul is a writer. With their wives and lovers - Vincent is divorced from his wife Catherine and has a 25-year-old girlfriend in Marie - the men regularly spend the weekends together in Paul's country house in the provinces, with a large number of other friends always joining the trio. Frequent guests include Jacques and the young boxer Jean. Each of the men has their own set of problems. Paul does not manage to complete his novel, François and his wife Lucie no longer really know why they are still a couple, especially since Lucie often meets other men, and Vincent tries to get through his divorce. In addition, his company is in financial difficulties and he has to raise 13 million (old) francs in three days to prevent bankruptcy. The bank refuses a loan and his former partner Armand can only lend him a fraction of the sum. Vincent becomes gloomy, he realizes that he is actually alone in an emergency. He meets François and Paul at a restaurant opening, but Paul is drunk and François refuses to lend him money without even asking for the amount. Lucie later accuses him of being just a money machine and not letting her live anymore. François beats her. When Vincent sits in silence at the dinner table with Marie's family and so darkens the mood, Marie ends up separating from him. He sees himself only as a center around which all others have to revolve. Vincent ends up with Catherine, to whom he confides his financial worries. He knows she has no money to borrow him. He is all the more astonished when he receives a visit the next day from her father Georges, who has just sold his property and lends him 10 million francs.

Jean, who works at Vincent's company, has received an offer to fight the undefeated Joe Catano. Vincent, François and Paul disagree as to whether Jean should accept the fight. Jean knows himself that he was only asked because no one else wanted to get into the ring against Joe. He also knows that he really has no chance against Joe. He is therefore taking his time signing the contract. When Vincent examines his finances, he realizes that his company is in debt to pay off. He decides to sell and Jean finally decides to fight Joe for financial reasons. Vincent can now repay Catherine the money for her father more quickly and pretends to have sold the company of his own accord because he has received a good offer. He hopes to get back together with Catherine, but she tells him that she wants to leave the past behind. She will be leaving France for a long time. Vincent is now at the end and does not yet know how it will go on. After a superficial party at Jean's, Vincent finally breaks down in a pub. François examines it and evaluates the collapse as a warning sign. The friends, on the other hand, are surprised that Vincent was otherwise never "knocked over".

Vincent goes to the sea to convalescence, where his friends visit him. He has become more alert in dealing with others and realizes that François appears lonely. In Jean's fight, he and François are the only ones who watch the fight calmly. Jean wins because Joe has a wound in his ear that makes him give up the fight. Jean is dissatisfied. On the return journey Vincent takes the silent François aside and they both have a serious conversation. Vincent learns that Lucie has left François and will instead move in with Jacques the next day. The children will stay with her. Vincent shows his sympathy and both end up silent together.

It has been some time. Vincent has found work in the cabinet making shop of his former partner Armand. Jean, in turn, gives up boxing and will go to Bordeaux and work for a few months. Vincent meets Marie again in the group of friends, but does not regret having broken up with her. He hopes that one day Catherine will return to Paris - and to him.

production

Vincent, François, Paul and the others was filmed in the Studio d'Epinay and the Studios Eclair in Epinay-sur-Seine . The film was released in French cinemas on October 20, 1974 and was shown in German cinemas on April 25, 1975. It was released in the GDR on June 17, 1977, and on June 9, 1981, it was shown on GDR 1 for the first time on GDR television.

This film and other works by Sautet established a new French narrative tradition in which friendship between men is “put to the test against the background of the affluent society”. Previously, male friendships were mainly discussed in gangster or war films.

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role actor Voice actor
Vincent Yves Montand Claus Biederstaedt
François Michel Piccoli Gert Günther Hoffmann
Paul Serge Reggiani Friedrich Georg Beckhaus
Jean Gérard Depardieu Thomas Danneberg
Catherine Stéphane Audran Renate Küster
Lucie Marie Dubois Hallgard Bruckhaus
Jacques Umberto Orsini Hans-Werner Bussinger
Colette Catherine Allégret Edeltraut Elsner

Reviews

For the film service , Vincent, François, Paul and the others were a “subtle group portrait from the French petty bourgeoisie, in which the ups and downs of fate are intertwined in an excellent way in terms of staging and acting.” Although the film is not too profound, it is entertaining “ In a thought-provoking way as an unobtrusive, sometimes quietly ironic moral piece. "With the film, Sautet confirms his reputation as a" master of subtle and poetic group portraits ", wrote Cinema , and summarized:" Clever portrait of male vanities ". prisma.de called the film a "fascinating study of excesses of the so-called midlife crisis".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerhard Midding: Small true lies on epd-film.de, July 7, 2010.
  2. ↑ Vincent, François, Paul and the others. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Vincent, François, Paul and the others. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  4. ↑ See cinema.de
  5. ↑ Vincent, François, Paul and the others. In: prisma.de. prisma-Verlag , accessed on August 31, 2017 .