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Actors: Pierre Richard , Bernard Blier, Jean Rochefort, Mireille Darc, Jean Carmet
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe |
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THE TALL BLOND WITH ONE BLACK SHOE (Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire) was co-written (with Francis Veber) and directed by Yves Robert in 1972.
Bernard Milan, a director of the French special services, tries to implicate his chief colonel Toulouse in a scandal in order to get his position. The crafty Toulouse then imagines to trap Milan while directing his attention on somebody who could, according to Toulouse, uncover his role in the scandal. Also, the following day, Toulouse's right-hand man goes to the airport and chooses, randomly in crowd, a passenger -the violonist François Perrin- whom he openly will greet, under the eye of the spies of Milan.
The next days, Milan and his men will spend their time to follow Perrin, rummaging his apartment and his private life in order to find of which secret information the violonist is in possession. The naive Perrin, of course, won't notice a thing even though Toulouse's men and Milan's men start to shoot at each other just behind his back.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kind of comedy
- bungling spies
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- artist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- government investigator
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- (man) fat
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- Paris
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- seeing nude male butt
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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