The French as Seen by…

Luigi Comencini
1988-10-26


7
76 min

In 1988, Figaro magazine asked a few famous directors to direct a series of short movies to celebrate the 10 years of the revue. The movies have been released for the French revolution bicentenary. Includes: Werner Herzog's Les Gaulois, David Lynch's The Cowboy and the Frenchman, Andrzej Wajda's Proust contre la déchéance, Luigi Comencini's Pèlerinage à Agen, Jean-Luc Godard's Le dernier mot.

Cast

Name Character Team
Ève Ruggieri Self - Host Unowned
Jean Clemente (Segment "Les Français vus par Werner Herzo") Unowned
Claude Josse (Segment "Les Français vus par Werner Herzo") Unowned
Barbara Hendricks Self - Interviewee Unowned
Harry Dean Stanton (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Frederic Golchan (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Tracey Walter (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Jack Nance (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Michael Horse (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Rick Guillory (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Marie Lauren (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Patrick Houser (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Eddy Dixon (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Magali Alvarado (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Ann Sophie (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Robin Summers (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Kathy Dean (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Leslie Cook (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Manette LaChance (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Kelly Radusch (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") Unowned
Ruggiero Raimondi Self - Interviewee Unowned
Joseph Czapski (Segment "Proust contre la déchéance") Unowned
Kenzo Takada Self - Interviewee Unowned
Cristina Comencini Self (Segment "Pèlerinage à Agen") Unowned
Francesca Comencini Self (Segment "Pèlerinage à Agen") Unowned
Yehudi Menuhin Self - Interviewee Unowned
André Marcon (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard") Unowned
Hanns Zischler (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard") Unowned
Catherine Aymerie (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard") Unowned
Pierre Amoyal (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard") Unowned
Michel Radic (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard") Unowned
Luc Briffod (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard") Unowned
Laurent Rohrbach (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard") Unowned
Gilles Laeser (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard") Unowned
Laurence Nanzer (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard") Unowned
Damien Nanzer (Segment "Le Français entendu par Jean-Luc Godard") Unowned