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Le Cavaleur
1979 Comedy / Romance
 Review
Whilst clearly not in the same league as Philippe de Broca’s exuberant
adventure comedies, Le Cavaleur
provides a fair quota of laughs, courtesy of Michel Audiard’s witty
dialogue and a magnificent turn from the seemingly indefatigable Jean
Rochefort (who looks like an advertisement for a well-known brand of
long-lasting battery as he zips about like Casanova on steroids).
With such a high calibre cast, the film deserves to be much better than
it is – the clichés abound and structurally the film is a
complete mess. However, De Broca’s lightness of touch and
Rochefort’s flair for understated comedy somehow conspire to make this
an enjoyable romp.
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Director:
Philippe de Broca
Starring: Jean Rochefort, Nicole Garcia, Jean-Claude Ventura, Annie Girardot, Lucienne Legrand Synopsis
Édouard Choiseul is one of the world’s greatest concert pianists
but his professional success barely masks the failings of his private
life. Although now comfortably into his fifties, Édouard
cannot help living the life of a manic Don Juan. He should be
content with his beautiful wife Marie-France and their three children,
but he isn’t. Even Muriel, his most recent mistress, a stunning
20-something, isn’t enough to satisfy his animal cravings. He is
drawn to women like a moth to the flame, and often with the same
outcome. One day, he has a surprising reunion with Suzanne, the
very first woman he loved. That was in 1944, the day of the
Liberation, when he was only 18 years old. Now, three decades on,
it is Suzanne’s granddaughter that Édouard wants to run off
with...
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