Movie: Tempest in a Teapot

Top 6 Billed Cast

Jackie Berroyer
Jackie Berroyer

Jean

Arnold Barkus
Arnold Barkus

Max

Maria de Medeiros
Maria de Medeiros

Vita

Simon Abkarian
Simon Abkarian

Elli Medeiros
Elli Medeiros

François Dyrek
François Dyrek

Socrate

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    American actor-director Arnold Barkus made this low-budget French film, a comedy set in New York, with scenes taking place in Chinatown, in a Franco-Greek cabaret, and on the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn-born Max suspects his girlfriend Sophia has been cheating on him. His French pal Jean and a young woman, Vita, step in with a scheme to get back at Sophia, a character who is never seen during the entire film. Included is a parody of the Russian roulette scene from The Deer Hunter (1978).

  • Release Date

    1997-12-10

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

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  • Languages:

    Français

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