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First Name: Carmen(1983)
Status: Released
Date: 1983-12-01
61%
95 Votes
Time: 1h 25m
The Revolutionary New Fable of Erotic Destiny from the Director of BREATHLESS and ALPHAVILLE
Overview:
The protagonist is Carmen X, a sexy female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France,
Switzerland
ProductionCompanies:
Sara Films
JLG Films
Films A2
Movie: First Name: Carmen
Top 10 Billed Cast
Maruschka Detmers
Carmen X
Jacques Bonnaffé
Joseph Bonnaffé
Myriem Roussel
Claire
Christophe Odent
Gang Leader
Pierre-Alain Chapuis
Bertrand Liebert
Carmen's Bodyguard
Hippolyte Girardot
Fred
Odile Roire
Valérie Dréville
Nurse
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Overview
The protagonist is Carmen X, a sexy female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.
Release Date
1983-12-01
Average
6.1
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The Revolutionary New Fable of Erotic Destiny from the Director of BREATHLESS and ALPHAVILLE
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