Les Faussaires (1994)
Directed by Frédéric Blum

Comedy

Film Synopsis

Jack Baker arrives in Tahiti to write a new biography on the painter Paul Gauguin.  Here, he meets Cohn, a con artist who is trying to pass himself off as one of Gauguin's descendents.  Baker is not taken in by Cohn's crude deception at first, but later he begins to have his doubts...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Frédéric Blum
  • Script: Frédéric Blum, Pierre Chosson, Olivier Dazat, Romain Gary (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Bernard Lutic
  • Cast: Gérard Jugnot (Cohn), Jean-Marc Barr (Baker), Viktor Lazlo (Meeva), Claude Piéplu (Ryckmans), François Perrot (Bizien), Daniel Prévost (Verdouillet), Yvon Arai (Tchong-Fat), François Ellis (Mataoa), Roland Bourcard (Richard Boulier), Colette Pietri-Audemars (Colette Boulier), Marie Verdi (La femme de Ryckmans), Hélène de Saint-Père (La jeune femme terrasse), Aleksandr Medvedev (Hans Grutt), Philippe Dormoy (Le Goff), Alain Deviegre (M. Plouchard), Dany Canon (Mme Plouchard), Nathalie Kamia (Femme bar), Max Desrau (Père Ettley), Francis Bouc (Père Safran), Paul Rieger (Père Zik)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min

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