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Release, runtime and language
1978 · 90 mins · French
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Starring
Alberto Sordi, Philippe Noiret, Paul Crauchet, Dominique Zardi, Henri Attal, Paul Müller

Italian painter Antonio Berti travels to Reims to visit his friend Robert Maurisson, a banker respected for his civic involvement but secretly libertine and cynical. Commissioned to restore cathedral paintings, Berti asks a choirgirl, Cathy, to pose for him. Hours later Cathy is found dead near one of Robert’s properties, sparking scandal.

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