''Le Tracassin ou Les Plaisirs de la ville'' is a French comedy film directed by Alex Joffé, released in

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

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Plot

The stress of urban living, his sister's new baby and problems with his desire to move in with his girlfriend, the beautiful Juliette, push André to take too many euphoric pills made in the laboratory where he is employed.

Production

Source: IMDb * Direction: Alex Joffé, assisted by D. Mage, F. Boucher, B. Chesnais * Screenplay and adaptation: Jean Bernard-Luc, Alex Joffé * Script: Jean Bernard-Luc * Photography:

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(operators) * Sound: René Sarazin * Editing:

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* Music: Georges Van Parys (éditions Manèges) * Song: ''Puisqu'on s'aime'', lyrics by (éditions Pathé Marconi) * Scenery: Rino Mondellini ; Gabriel Béchir * Make up:

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* Hair:

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* Production company: Les Films

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, Pathé Cinéma * Distribution company: Consortium Pathé * Format: Black and white - 35 mm - 1,37:1 - Monoaural sound (recorded by Poste Parisien) * Principal photography: Studios « Franstudio » * Prints: Laboratoire G.T.C de Joinville * Genre: Comedy * Length: 103 minutes * Premier: 20 December

Cast

Source: IMDb *

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: André Loriot, laboratory worker *

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: Juliette, André's mistress *

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: Madame Gonzalès, the doctor's mistress *

Rosy Varte Rosy Varte (22 November 1923 – 14 January 2012) was a French actress of Armenian descent. She made more than 100 film and television appearances during her career. She starred in the 1972 film '' The Bar at the Crossing'', which was ente ...

: restaurant patroness * Micheline Luccioni: Jeannette, waitress on the restaurant * Mireille Perrey: The boss of the Babylis shop * Yvonne Clech: Music teacher *

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: Loriot's concierge * Françoise Deldick: A walker * Léo Campion: Monsieur Van Hooten * Armand Mestral: Doctor Clairac, boss of André and Juliette * Jean-Paul Coquelin: A policeman * Harry-Max: Monsieur Crollebois, the locksmith * Charpini: The hairdresser * Mario David: Sports coach * Teddy Bilis: The client at table 8 * Lucien Guervil: Another policeman *

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: The neighbour (rôle cut in editing) *

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: The policeman in front of the foreign embassy * Maurice Garrel: A traffic policeman * Pierre Repp: The strawberry lover at the restaurant * Antoinette Moya: The laboratory receptionist * Alice Sapritch: A woman in the queue at the bank * Jacqueline Jefford: A shop assistant at Babylis *

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: The Englishwoman in labour * Nicole Chollet: A nurse at the clinic *

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: The florist *

Jean-Pierre Rambal Jean-Pierre or Jean Pierre may refer to: People * Karine Jean-Pierre b.1977, White House Deputy Press Secretary for President Joe Biden 2021- * Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet (1766–1823), French statesman and Peer of France * Eugenia Pierre ( ...

: A man at the bank, in the restaurant, in the lift... *

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: A man at the clinic *

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: Another 2CV owner *

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: A cashier at the bank *

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: The man stained at the restaurant * Paul Mercey: The man in the phone booth *

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: The postman * Gaston Ouvrard: A man in the queue at the bank * Jean Rupert: Auguste, the restaurant chef *

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: A man on a bicycle * Francis Lax: Bus conductor * Henri Poirier: The gendarme who speaks *

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: The employer at the jewellers *

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* Pierre Mirat

About the film

*The rarely used word "''tracassin''" was reactivated by Charles de Gaulle in a speech on 2 October 1961.

Awards

* The 1961 '' Prix Courteline'' was awarded to

for his interpretation of the "''tracassé''" (the bothered).[vidéo
Prix Courteline pour Bourvil
on INA.fr

Notes and references

External links

*

on bernard-luc.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Tracassin, Le 1961 films French black-and-white films