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Banzaï
Directed byClaude Zidi
Written by
  • Claude Zidi
  • Didier Kaminka
  • Michel Fabre[1]
Produced byClaude Berri
StarringColuche
CinematographyHenri Dacaë[2]
Edited byNicole Saunier[1]
Music byVladimir Cosma[1]
Production
companies
  • Renn Productions
  • France 3[2]
Distributed byPathé Distribution[1]
Release date
  • 1983 (1983) (France)
CountryFrance

Banzaï is a 1983 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi and starring Coluche.

Plot

Michel Bernardin works at Planet Assistance, an organisation who helps out Frenchmen who are in trouble in foreign countries...[3]

Behind the scenes

  • The picture was shot in Hong Kong, the United States, Africa and France and has become a cult film.[4]
  • According to Valérie Mairesse, Coluche suggested her as a remplacement for singer actress Karen Cheryl (aka Isabelle Morizet), first cast as his girlfriend, when the latter's agent opposed to her involvement in that production.

Cast and roles

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d "Inspecteur la bavure (1980) Claude Zidi". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Credits". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Instititue. Archived from the original on November 16, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  3. ^ http://www.filmsbonheur.com/catalogue/1983/banzai.html
  4. ^ http://www.filmsbonheur.com/catalogue/1983/banzai.html

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