Banzaï

Not to be confused with Banzai.

Banzaï
Directed byClaude Zidi
Written byClaude Zidi
Didier Kaminka
Michel Fabre[1]
Produced byClaude Berri
StarringColuche
CinematographyJean-Jacques Tarbes[2]
Edited byNicole Saunier[1]
Music byVladimir Cosma[1]
Production
companies
Renn Productions
Carthago film
Distributed byAMLF[1]
Release date
  • 1983 (1983) (France)
CountryFrance

Banzaï is a 1983 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi and starring Coluche.

Plot

Michel Bernardin works at Planet Assistance, an organisation who helps out Frenchmen who are in trouble in foreign countries.[3]

Behind the scenes

  • The picture was shot in Hong Kong, the United States, Africa and France and has become a cult film.[3]
  • According to Valérie Mairesse, Coluche suggested her as a replacement for singer actress Karen Cheryl (aka Isabelle Morizet), first cast as his girlfriend, when the latter's agent opposed to her involvement in that production.

Cast and roles

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d "Banzaï (1982) Claude Zidi". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Credits". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Instititue. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b "La Collection. Banzaï". Films Bonheur. [dead link‍]


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