Saxo (1987)
Directed by Ariel Zeitoun

Drama

Film Synopsis

Sam Friedman is a small-time record producer who dreams of making it big one day.  His dream appears to come true when he stumbles across a pair of black musicians who have star potential: the brothers Puppet and Joe Bennett.  He immediately takes the two musicians on, although Sam has to fleece his father-in-law to raise the necessary funds to pay off their greedy manager.  Illegal immigrants and totally dependent on their manager, Puppet and Joe are destabilised by this arrangement.  One night, Joe accidentally kills a prostitute.  When Sam comes to collect him, he implicates himself in the killing...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Ariel Zeitoun
  • Script: Jacques Audiard, Gilbert Tanugi, Ariel Zeitoun
  • Cinematographer: Bruno de Keyzer
  • Music: François Bréant, Roy Buchanan
  • Cast: Gérard Lanvin (Sam Friedman), Akosua Busia (Puppet), Richard Brooks (Joe), Laure Killing (Esther), Roland Blanche (Raphaël Scorpio), Clément Harari (Tonia), Erick Desmarestz (Commissaire Brami), Thomas M. Pollard (Le manager), James Arch (Frank), Arièle Zeïtoun (Corinne), Guillaume Locussol (Un enfant), Jany Holt (Meicha), Bernard Farcy (Moska, l'intimidateur), Joël Cartini (Le médecin), Les Matadors (Le groupe), Francis Girod (Me Guignard), Hélène Hily, Frank Kirson, François Viaur
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 116 min

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