Uranus (film)
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| Directed by | Claude Berri Arlette Langmann |
| Written by | Claude Berri Arlette Langmann based on a novel by Marcel Aymé |
| Starring | Gérard Depardieu Michel Blanc Jean-Pierre Marielle |
| Cinematography | Renato Berta |
| Edited by | Hervé de Luze |
| Music by | Jean-Claude Petit |
| Distributed by | Prestige Films (US) |
Release date |
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| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $19.1 million[1] |
Uranus is a 1990 French comedy-drama film with Gérard Depardieu about post-World War II recovery in a small French village, as the controlling French Communist Party tries to dispose of Pétain loyalists.
It was directed and written by Claude Berri and Arlette Langmann, based on a novel by Marcel Aymé. The film was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Michel Blanc as Gaigneux
- Gérard Depardieu as Léopold Lajeunesse
- Jean-Pierre Marielle as Archambaud
- Philippe Noiret as Watrin
- Gérard Desarthe as Maxime Loin
- Michel Galabru as Monglat
- Danièle Lebrun as Mrs. Archambaud
- Fabrice Luchini as Jourdan
- Daniel Prévost as Rochard
- Myriam Boyer as Mrs. Gaigneux
- Ticky Holgado as Mégrin, lawyer
- Vincent Grass as Ledieu
- Florence Darel as Miss Archambaud
- Yves Afonso as the brigadier
- Josiane Lévêque as Andréa Lajeunesse
Reception
[edit]The film opened at number one at the Paris box office with a first week gross of 4.9 million Franc ($1 million) from 48 screens.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Uranus (1990)- JPBox-Office
- ^ "Berlinale: 1991 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ "International B.O.". Variety. 24 December 1990. p. 27.
External links
[edit]- Uranus at IMDb
- Uranus at Rotten Tomatoes
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