''The Salamander'' (french: La Salamandre) is a 1971 Swiss
drama film
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directed by
Alain Tanner
Alain Tanner (6 December 1929 – 11 September 2022) was a Swiss film director.
Early years and education
Tanner was born in Geneva, and studied economics at the University of Geneva. In 1951, he joined the film club which Claude Goretta had re ...
.
The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
45th Academy Awards
The 45th Academy Awards were presented Tuesday, March 27, 1973, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, honoring the best films of 1972. The ceremonies were presided over by Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Plot
A young woman is accused of having shot her uncle, but she claims he accidentally shot himself while cleaning his gun. Two friends are commissioned to write a film script based on this incident. Each of them chooses an approach in accordance with his profession. The journalist interviews the young woman, yet her statements seem to be contradictory. The novelist invents fictitious explanations which seem plausible, but, when he gets to know the woman, she's very different from what he has imagined. In the end, both refrain from working on this film project.
Cast
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Bulle Ogier
Bulle Ogier (born Marie-France Thielland; 9 August 1939) is a French actress and screenwriter. She adopted the professional surname Ogier, which was her mother's maiden name. Her first appearance on screen was in ''Voilà l'Ordre'', a short film ...
as Rosemonde
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Jean-Luc Bideau
Jean-Luc Bideau (born 1 October 1940) is a Swiss film actor.
Personal life
Jean-Luc Bideau is married to Marcela Salivarova, a director of Czechoslovak origin. Together, they have two children: Nicolas, head of Presence Switzerland
Presence ...
as Pierre
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Jacques Denis as Paul
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Véronique Alain as Suzanne
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Daniel Stuffel
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as the boss at the shoe shop
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Marblum Jequier as Paul's wife (as Marblum Jéquier)
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Marcel Vidal
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People
* Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel
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as Rosemonde's uncle
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Dominique Catton as Roger
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Violette Fleury as the mother of the boss at the shoe shop
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Mista Préchac as Rosemonde's mother
See also
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References
External links
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1971 films
1970s French-language films
1971 drama films
Swiss drama films
Swiss black-and-white films
Films directed by Alain Tanner
French-language Swiss films
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