Fifi Martingale is a 2001 French film directed by

Jacques Rozier Jacques Rozier (; 10 November 1926 – 31 May 2023) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was one of the lesser-known members of the French New Wave movement and has collaborated with Jean-Luc Godard. Three of his films have been scre ...

. The film is about a theater company attempting to put on a new play. It was

Jean Lefebvre Jean Marcel Lefebvre (3 October 1919Some sources indicate he was born in 1922. – 9 July 2004) was a French film actor. His erratic studies were interrupted by World War II. Taken prisoner and then requisitioned as a laborer, he escaped to joi ...

's last film.

Cast

as Gaston Manzanarès * Lili Vonderfeld as Fifi * Mike Marshall as the Author * Jacques Petitjean as the Director *

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as Yves Lempereur *

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as Père Popelkov *

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as the Ambassador *

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as the Ambassador * Roger Trapp as The consul of Moldova *

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Production

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was originally the actor for the main role (eventually played by Lefebvre) but the first left the project after having filmed a few scenes, that were obviously not kept.

Release

The film was never released in theaters despite having been shown at the Venice Mostra in 2001.

Reception

"Much of the film’s humor will be lost on audiences who don’t know the significance of names like Moliere and Tartuffe, and many of the puns included in the dialogue will also fall on unresponsive ears.", commented ''Variety''.

References

External links

* French comedy films 2001 films 2000s French films Films directed by Jacques Rozier {{2000s-France-film-stub